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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 Wildwood (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 Wildwood. 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.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Wildwood is located in Suffolk County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Below are the counties that are near Wildwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wildwood:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Wildwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Wading River
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Baiting Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • East Shoreham
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • East Shoreham is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shoreham
    • Shoreham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Calverton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Foxwood Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Foxwood Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood Village
    • Rocky Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Manorville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Glenwood Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenwood Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
    • Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridge is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Upton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Northampton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Northampton is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
    • Middle Island
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Stratford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stratford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Stratford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
    • Bridgeport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
    • Oronoque
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Oronoque is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
    • Black Rock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Rock is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Bridgeport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
    • Fairfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nichols
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Nichols is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
    • Melville Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Melville Village is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
    • Southport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Trumbull
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,215 people
    • Greenfield Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield Hill is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Hill
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Clinton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Grove Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Westbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Westbrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,842 people
    • Westbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Killingworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Saybrook Manor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Short Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • Stony Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Branford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
    • Branford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Pine Orchard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
    • Milford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
    • East Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • West Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • West Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
    • West Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Milford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
    • East Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
    • East River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Guilford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wildwood, see our County-by-County Page for Wildwood.

Cemeteries Near Wildwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wildwood.

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 Wildwood - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Wading River Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Olivers Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Calverton National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Baiting Hollow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wells Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Noah Hallock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Old Presbyterian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Brookfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wines Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Robinson & Gordon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Riverhead Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (254 more) ...
    • Longwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Washington Memorial Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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 Wildwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wildwood.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Wildwood ...

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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wildwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wildwood, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wildwood.

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 either 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 Wildwood:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wildwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Wildwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.