Kings County New York

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Kings County New York
Surname/tag: United_States

Kings County is coterminous with the Borough of Brooklyn. It is named for Charles Stuart (1630-1685). Brooklyn comes from the Dutch Breukelen. When it was created Kings County contained six towns, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend and New Utrecht, all of which eventually merged into Brooklyn.

Contents 1 Adjacent Counties 2 Neighborhoods 3 Resources and Records 3.1 On Wikitree 3.2 On Other Websites 4 Sources

Adjacent Counties

• Queens County - East
• Richmond County - Southwest
• New York County - Northwest

Neighborhoods

• Bath Beach
• Bay Ridge
• Bedford-Stuyvesant
• Bensonhurst
• Boerum Hill
• Borough Park
• Brighton Beach
• Brownsville
• Bushwick
• Canarsie
• Coney Island
• Crown Heights
• Ditmas Park
• DUMBO (formerly Gairville)
• Dyker Heights
• East Flatbush
• East New York
• East Williamsburg
• Flatbush
• Flatlands
• Gerritsen Beach
• Gravesend
• Greenpoint
• Homecrest
• Kensington
• Marine Park
• Midwood
• New Utrecht
• Park Slope
• Red Hook
• Sea Gate
• Sheepshead Bay
• Sunset Park
• Vinegar Hill
• Williamsburg
• Windsor Terrace
• List of Neighborhoods Sorted by Original Towns of Kings County

Resources and Records

On Wikitree

• Kings County New York Category Page
• Kings County Cemeteries
• Stiles, Henry Reed, A History of the City of Brooklyn
• Ostrander, Stephen M. A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County
• Bergen, Teunis G. Register is Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N,Y.

On Other Websites

• Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Public Library
• "Gravesend Town Records", German Genealogy Group
• Kings County Resources on Genealogy Trail
• Brooklyn & Kings County on FamilySearch.org
• Kings County on Genealogy Inc
• Genealogical Records New York City Municipal Archives

Sources

"Kings County, New York",Brintannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/Kings accessed 24 Jan 2021. Wikipedia Contributors. "Brooklyn", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn. Accessed 31 Jan 2021.