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 Altura (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 Altura. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Altura is located in Mercer County.
To see how the shape of New Jersey's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer County: Burlington, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset & Bucks (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Altura. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Altura:
- Mercer County (The home county of Altura)
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Ewing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ewing is located in Mercer County
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- West Trenton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Trenton is located in Mercer County
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- Parkway Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
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- Somerset
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Somerset is located in Mercer County
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- Eldridge Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County
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- Bear Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County
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- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
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- Titusville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Titusville is located in Mercer County
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- Trenton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Princessville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
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- Warner Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
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- Rosemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
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- Mercerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
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- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Burlington County
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- Kinkora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kinkora is located in Burlington County
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- Roebling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roebling is located in Burlington County
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- Bordentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bordentown is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
- Burlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Burlington is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
- Beverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Beverly is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Columbus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Burlington County
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- Ellisdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
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- Willingboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Willingboro is located in Burlington County
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- Chambers Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
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- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Burlington County
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- Jacobstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
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- Fort Dix
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
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- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Delair
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Delair is located in Camden County
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- Colwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Colwick is located in Camden County
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- Cherry Hill Mall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County
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- Cherry Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in Camden County
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- Pennsauken
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pennsauken is located in Camden County
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- Barclay - Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barclay - Kingston is located in Camden County
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- Ellisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ellisburg is located in Camden County
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- Erlton - Ellisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Erlton - Ellisburg is located in Camden County
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- Greentree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greentree is located in Camden County
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- Springdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Camden County
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- Ablett Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ablett Village is located in Camden County
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- Golden Triangle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Triangle is located in Camden County
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- Westmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westmont is located in Camden County
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- Hunterdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Linvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Linvale is located in Hunterdon County
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- Snydertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Snydertown is located in Hunterdon County
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- Lambertville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
- Rileyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rileyville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Larisons Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Larisons Corners is located in Hunterdon County
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- Wertsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wertsville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Prallsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prallsville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Copper Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County
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- Reaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Reaville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Sand Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sand Brook is located in Hunterdon County
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- Rosemont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Hunterdon County
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- Sergeantsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sergeantsville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Raven Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County
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- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Plainsboro Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
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- Plainsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
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- Kingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Middlesex County
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- Princeton Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
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- Heathcote
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heathcote is located in Middlesex County
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- Cranbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
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- Monmouth Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth Junction is located in Middlesex County
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- Cranbury Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
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- Dayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Middlesex County
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- Kendall Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Clearbrook Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Rossmoor
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
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- Franklin Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Monmouth County
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- Polhemustown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
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- Walnford ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walnford is located in Monmouth County
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- Cream Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
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- Imlaystown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
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- Hornerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
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- Prospertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
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- Manalapan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Manalapan is located in Monmouth County
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- Tennent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tennent is located in Monmouth County
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- Yorketown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yorketown is located in Monmouth County
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- West Freehold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
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- Freehold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Freehold is located in Monmouth County
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- East Freehold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East Freehold is located in Monmouth County
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- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- New Egypt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Egypt is located in Ocean County
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- Colliers Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
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- Vista Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vista Center is located in Ocean County
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- Van Hiseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
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- Bennetts Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
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- Cedar Glen Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
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- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Skillman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skillman is located in Somerset County
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- Harlingen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harlingen is located in Somerset County
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- Woodfern
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Woodfern is located in Somerset County
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- Blackwells Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County
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- Middlebush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebush is located in Somerset County
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- North Branch Depot
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- North Branch Depot is located in Somerset County
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- Finderne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Finderne is located in Somerset County
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- Somerset
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset is located in Somerset County
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- Somerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Somerville is located in Somerset County
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- Ukrainian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County
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- Bound Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bound Brook is located in Somerset County
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- Bedminster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bedminster is located in Somerset County
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- Warren County
- Warren Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Warren Glen is located in Warren County
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- Allegheny County (PA)
- Overbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Overbrook is located in Allegheny County (PA)
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- Bucks County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Yardley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Fairless Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thornridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Dunlap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Newtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Woodbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbourne is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Levittown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wheat Sheaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Glenlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenlake is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Newtown Grant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newtown Grant is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Indiana County (PA)
- Ernest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ernest is located in Indiana County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Montgomery County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Shoemak Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shoemak Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Shoemaker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shoemaker Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Bryn Athyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hatboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Terwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Terwood is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Valley Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Blair Mill Village East
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blair Mill Village East is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Clearbrook Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clearbrook Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Village
- Heaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Jamestown Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Village
- Blair Mill Village West
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blair Mill Village West is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Horsham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Morrell Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrell Park is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Bustleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bustleton is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Pennypack Woods
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Tacony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tacony is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacony
- Oxford Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Village is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village
- Wissinoming
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wissinoming is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Crescentville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crescentville is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescentville
- Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Frankford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frankford is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Lawton Station ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton Station is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- McCartersville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCartersville is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Milestown ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milestown is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Oak Lane Station ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Lane Station is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Altura, see our County-by-County Page for Altura.
Cemeteries Near Altura ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Altura.
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 Altura - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Altura covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- State Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ewing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fountain Lawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Hedwigs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Washington Crossing UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morris Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Washington Crossing National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Trenton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100006 <2>
- Continue List (342 more) ...
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Lukes Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Altura in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Altura.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Altura, with the one closest to Altura listed first.
- Ewing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ewing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Scudders Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Scudders Falls is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudders Falls
- Wilburtha
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wilburtha is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburtha
- Ewingville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ewingville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewingville
- Yardley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Taylorsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylorsville is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Morrisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Lawrenceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Titusville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Titusville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville
- Dolington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dolington is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Fallsington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fallsington is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsington
- Newtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbourne is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbourne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Altura. See our List of 1890's Communities around Altura.
Newspapers Published in Altura ...
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 154 newspapers that have been published in the area around Altura.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Altura, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Altura.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Altura:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Hunterdon County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Ocean County
- Somerset County
- Warren County
- Allegheny County
- Bucks County
- Indiana County
- Montgomery County
- Philadelphia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
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 Altura, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Altura) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |