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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 Ackermans Mills (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 Ackermans Mills. 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 Ackermans Mills ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Ackermans Mills: Ackermans Mls. (or less commonly used: Ackermans Mlls.)
  • While the name of this community is Ackermans Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Ackermans Mills may originally have been Ackerman's Mills.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Ackermans Mills might be written as Ackerman Mills.

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.

Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bergen County: Essex, Hudson, Passaic, New York (NY), Rockland (NY) & Westchester (NY).

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

  • Bergen County     (The home county of Ackermans Mills)
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills listed first.
    • Meadow Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
      • Meadow Village is located in Essex County
    • Montclair Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
    • Fairfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Essex County
    • Brookdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Upper Montclair
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Montclair
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Nutley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Verona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Verona is located in Essex County
    • Caldwell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Caldwell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Borough of Essex Fells
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borough of Essex Fells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells
      • Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
  • Hudson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills listed first.
    • Secaucus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • North Bergen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kearny
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Guttenberg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Union City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • West New York
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West New York have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York
      • West New York is located in Hudson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
    • Harrison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Weehawken
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weehawken have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken
      • Weehawken is located in Hudson County
    • Bergen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bergen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
      • Bergen is located in Hudson County
    • Hoboken
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Communipaw
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jersey City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bayonne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Morris County
  • Passaic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills listed first.
    • Haskell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Paterson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Borough of Woodland Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borough of Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park
      • Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
    • Wayne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
      • Wayne is located in Passaic County
    • Singac
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Singac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac
      • Singac is located in Passaic County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Singac
      • From Ackermans Mills to Singac
    • Athenia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Clifton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Little Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • The Village at Little Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Village at Little Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village at Little Falls
      • The Village at Little Falls is located in Passaic County
    • Macopin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • West Milford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
      • West Milford is located in Passaic County
    • Passaic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Somerset County
    • Union Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
      • Union Village is located in Somerset County
  • Sussex County
  • Union County
  • Fairfield County (CT)
  • Bronx County (NY)
  • Greene County (NY)
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwall-on-Hudson came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
      • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County (NY)
  • Kings County (NY)
  • Nassau County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills listed first.
    • Kings Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Atlantic Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Atlantic Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlantic Beach
      • East Atlantic Beach is located in Nassau County (NY)
    • Great Neck
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Harbor Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
      • Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County (NY)
    • Manorhaven
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manorhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
      • Manorhaven is located in Nassau County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
    • Port Washington North
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Washington North have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Washington North
      • Port Washington North is located in Nassau County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,160 people
    • Saddle Rock Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Rock Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Rock Estates
      • Saddle Rock Estates is located in Nassau County (NY)
    • Saddle Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Rock
      • Saddle Rock is located in Nassau County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saddle Rock <4>
    • Sands Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sands Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
      • Sands Point is located in Nassau County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,802 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sands Point <4>
    • Baxter Estates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Estates
      • Baxter Estates is located in Nassau County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
    • Great Neck Estates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Neck Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Estates
      • Great Neck Estates is located in Nassau County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,867 people
    • Great Neck Gardens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Neck Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens
      • Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County (NY)
    • Great Neck Plaza
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Neck Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Plaza
      • Great Neck Plaza is located in Nassau County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,006 people
  • New York County (NY)
  • Orange County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills listed first.
    • Tuxedo Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuxedo Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
      • Tuxedo Park is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuxedo Park <4>
    • Sterling Forest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Lake
      • Greenwood Lake is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood Lake <4>
    • Homestead Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homestead Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village
      • Homestead Village is located in Orange County (NY)
    • Warwick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Harriman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriman
      • Harriman is located in Orange County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,421 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harriman <4>
    • Walton Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walton Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Park
      • Walton Park is located in Orange County (NY)
    • Central Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Monroe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Kiryas Joel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Palm Tree
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Edenville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Amity
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Putnam County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills listed first.
    • Continental Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Continental Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
      • Continental Village is located in Putnam County (NY)
    • Garrison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenclyffe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Putnam Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Putnam Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Valley
      • Putnam Valley is located in Putnam County (NY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Putnam Valley <4>
    • Adams Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cold Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Nelsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
      • Nelsonville is located in Putnam County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
  • Queens County (NY)
  • Richmond County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills listed first.
    • New Brighton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Port Richmond
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond
      • Port Richmond is located in Richmond County (NY)
    • Bloomfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Bloomfield is located in Richmond County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
    • Graniteville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Westerleigh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Fort Wadsworth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Staten Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Heartland Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village
      • Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY)
    • Old Town Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station
      • Old Town Station is located in Richmond County (NY)
  • Rockland County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills listed first.
    • Suffern
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Airmont
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airmont
      • Airmont is located in Rockland County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,767 people
    • Hillburn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillburn
      • Hillburn is located in Rockland County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 980 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillburn <4>
    • Chestnut Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
      • Chestnut Ridge is located in Rockland County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,994 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chestnut Ridge <4>
    • Tallman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pearl River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
      • Pearl River is located in Rockland County (NY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl River <4>
    • Montebello
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montebello have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello
      • Montebello is located in Rockland County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
    • Ramapo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramapo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
      • Ramapo is located in Rockland County (NY)
    • Monsey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monsey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monsey
      • Monsey is located in Rockland County (NY)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monsey <4>
    • Kaser
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley Village
      • Spring Valley Village is located in Rockland County (NY)
    • Spring Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <4>
    • Viola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
      • Viola is located in Rockland County (NY)
  • Westchester County (NY)

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

Cemeteries Near Ackermans Mills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ackermans Mills.

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 Ackermans Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ackermans Mills, with the one closest to Ackermans Mills 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.<7>

While we didn't find Ackermans Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ackermans Mills.

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

  • Wyckoff
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Crystal Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Crystal Lake is located in Bergen County
  • Wortendyke
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Ridgewood Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgewood Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Junction
    • Ridgewood Junction is located in Bergen County
  • Ridgewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ho-Ho-Kus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mahwah
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Suffern
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hillburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillburn
    • Hillburn is located in Rockland County (NY)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 980 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillburn <4>
  • Pompton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pompton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompton
    • Pompton is located in Passaic County
  • Riverside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Passaic County
  • Park Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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    • Tallman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Erskine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erskine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
      • Erskine is located in Passaic County
    • Ramapo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramapo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo
      • Ramapo is located in Rockland County (NY)

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

Newspapers Published in Ackermans Mills ...

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 175 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ackermans Mills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ackermans Mills, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<8>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ackermans Mills.

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 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 Ackermans Mills:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>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.
<7>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 Ackermans Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<8>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ackermans Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ackermans Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0299, Longitude: -74.1684       In this case, the coordinates for Ackermans Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).