Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about West Farms (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for West Farms. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for West Farms ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Farms: W. Farms
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Farms. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Farms .
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
West Farms is located in Bronx County .
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bronx County : Bergen (NJ) , New York , Queens & Westchester .
Below are the counties that are near West Farms. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Farms:
Bronx County (The home county of West Farms)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Bronx (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Bronx is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
Bronx has also been known as:
Bronx Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <1>
Fordham (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Fordham is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Williams Bridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Concourse Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Kings Bridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Locust Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck City Island (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
City Island is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Riverdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Eastchester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Kings County
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Greenpoint (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Greenpoint is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint Williamsburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Bushwick (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bushwick is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick New York (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
New York is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Brooklyn (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Weeksville ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Weeksville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville Brooklyn Heights (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights Brownsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Brownsville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Marcus Garvey Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Canarsie (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Flatbush (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Flatbush is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Red Hook (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Red Hook is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook Nassau County
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Great Neck (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Kings Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
East Atlantic Beach (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
East Atlantic Beach is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlantic Beach Harbor Hills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills Saddle Rock Estates (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Saddle Rock Estates is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Rock Estates Saddle Rock (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Great Neck Gardens (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens Kensington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Kensington is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
Manorhaven (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Manorhaven is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
Great Neck Estates (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Great Neck Estates is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 2,867 people
Great Neck Plaza (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Great Neck Plaza is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Plaza Population from the 2020 Census: 7,006 people
Russell Gardens (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Russell Gardens is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Gardens Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
New York County
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Inwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Inwood is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Delano Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Delano Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village Washington Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Washington Heights is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights East Harlem (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Harlem (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Harlem is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Morningside Heights (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Morningside Heights is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights Park West Village (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Park West Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village Yorkville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Manhattan (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Manhattan is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Seneca Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Seneca Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village Hell's Kitchen (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Kips Bay (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Kips Bay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Orange County
Tuxedo Park (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Queens County
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Whitestone (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jackson Heights (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Beechhurst (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Beechhurst is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst Flushing (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Astoria (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Corona (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Woodside (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Elmhurst (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Lefrak City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Lefrak City is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefrak City Maspeth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bayside (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Long Island City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Richmond County
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
New Brighton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Fort Wadsworth (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth Stapleton (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Port Richmond (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Arlington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Arlington is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Old Town Station (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station Staten Island (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Westerleigh (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Graniteville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Grant City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Grant City is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Bloomfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Bloomfield is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
Heartland Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Rockland County
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Palisades (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Sparkill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Tappan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Orangeburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Piermont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Blauvelt (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Grand View-on-Hudson (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Grand View-on-Hudson is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View-on-Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
South Nyack (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
South Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
Pearl River (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Central Nyack (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Nyack (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Nanuet (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Cold Spring Harbor (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Lloyd Harbor (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
Huntington (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
West Hills (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills Halesite (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Huntington Bay (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Huntington Station (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Melville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
East Farmingdale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale Eatons Neck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Eatons Neck is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Neck North Amityville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
North Amityville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville South Huntington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
South Huntington is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington Westchester County
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Eastchester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mount Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Pelham Manor (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Yonkers (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
New Rochelle (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Pelham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Bronxville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Nepperhan (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan Tuckahoe (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Larchmont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Hastings-on-Hudson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Fairfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Belle Haven (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven Glenville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Greenwich (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Cos Cob (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Old Greenwich (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Stamford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Riverbank (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Riverbank is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank Banksville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville Glenbrook (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Stamford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
Bergen County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Fort Lee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Linwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Englewood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
West Englewood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
West Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Ridgefield Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Teaneck (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck Hackensack (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Borough of Wood-Ridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
Saint Josephs Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village Rochelle Park (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park River Vale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale Garfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Garfield is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Essex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Belleville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Belleville is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Nutley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Nutley is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley Brookdale (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Brookdale is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Newark (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Newark is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
Bloomfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield East Orange (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
East Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Montclair Heights (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Montclair (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Montclair is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Upper Montclair (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Upper Montclair is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Montclair Cedar Grove (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Elm Park Village (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Meadow Village (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Meadow Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village Hudson County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Guttenberg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
West New York (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
North Bergen (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Union City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
Weehawken (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Hoboken (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Secaucus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Bergen (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Jersey City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Communipaw (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Kearny (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Kearny is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Harrison (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Harrison is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Middlesex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Avenel (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Port Reading (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Port Reading is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Reading Boynton Beach (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Colonia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia Edgar (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Sewaren (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Sewaren is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewaren Woodbridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Woodbridge is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge Iselin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Iselin is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iselin Hopelawn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn Menlo Park (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Menlo Park is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Park North Edison (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
North Edison is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Edison Perth Amboy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 51,309 people
Monmouth County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Belford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Belford is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Leonardo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo Port Monmouth (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Waterwitch (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch North Middletown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Morris County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Hanover Neck (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck East Hanover (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
East Hanover is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Butler (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Butler is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Montville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Montville is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville Troy Hills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Troy Hills is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Hills Rosedale Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village Taylortown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Taylortown is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown Boonton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Boonton is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,878 people
Whippany (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Whippany is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippany Yardley Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Yardley Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village Powerville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Powerville is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville Green Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Green Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Passaic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Delawanna (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Passaic (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Passaic is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Athenia (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Athenia is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Clifton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Clifton is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Paterson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Paterson is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
The Village at Little Falls (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Borough of Woodland Park (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Little Falls (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Preakness (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Preakness is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Singac (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Singac is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Wayne (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Wayne is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Haskell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Haskell is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Union County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Hillside (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Hillside is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Elizabeth (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Elmora (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Elmora is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Union (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Union is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Linden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Linden is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Tremley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Tremley is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Springfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Springfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cranford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Cranford is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Park Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Park Village is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Rahway (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Rahway is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
Summit (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Summit is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Population from the 2020 Census: 21,812 people
Clark (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Clark is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Farms, see our County-by-County Page for West Farms .
Cemeteries Near West Farms ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Farms.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for West Farms - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Farms covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
Old West Farms Soldiers Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
St. Peter's Graveyard (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Raymonds RC Churchyard Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Ann's Graveyard (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
St. Raymond's Cemetery (New) (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Raymond's Cemetery (Old) (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Woodlawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Trinity Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Grants Tomb (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Lawrence Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pelham Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (506 more) ...
St. Michaels Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Potters Field (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Sherwood Park Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find West Farms in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Farms.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Farms, with the one closest to West Farms listed first.
College Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Inwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Inwood is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Riverdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Whitestone (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Eastchester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Undercliff (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Undercliff is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Undercliff Fort Lee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Lowerre (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Lowerre is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowerre Flushing (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Pelham Manor (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Mount Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Park Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Park Hill is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill Continue List (20 more) ...
Ludlow (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Ludlow is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Manhattan (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Manhattan is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Woodside (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Farms. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Farms .
Newspapers Published in West Farms ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Farms.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Farms, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for West Farms.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to West Farms:
Websites specific to New York Pages specific to Bronx County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Kings County Nassau County New York County Orange County Queens County Richmond County Rockland County Suffolk County Westchester County Fairfield County Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Middlesex County Monmouth County Morris County Passaic County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for New York Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Farms. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about West Farms, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.