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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 White Plains (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 White Plains. 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.

Cemeteries Near White Plains ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Plains.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Plains covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that White Plains had a population of 4,042 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, White Plains had a population of 58,286 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.

  • Hartsdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Valhalla
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Harrison
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Harrison is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <4>
  • Purchase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Woodlands
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodlands. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
    • Woodlands is located in Westchester County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Woodlands
    • From White Plains to Woodlands
  • Scarsdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • Scarsdale is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scarsdale <4>
  • Elmsford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmsford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmsford
    • Elmsford is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,193 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmsford <4>
  • Ardsley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Eastview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
    • Eastview is located in Westchester County
  • Dobbs Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dobbs Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbs Ferry
    • Dobbs Ferry is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,919 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dobbs Ferry <4>
  • Chauncey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chauncey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Chauncey is located in Westchester County
  • Rye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Plains. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Plains.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of White Plains ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Plains.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of White Plains. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of White Plains and those printed in the larger area surrounding White Plains.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<6> of White Plains.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 White Plains:

The official website for White Plains: www.ci.white-plains.ny.us/

The official website for Westchester County: www.westchestergov.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>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.
<3>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 White Plains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Plains) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in White Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0342, Longitude: -73.7628    









 

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