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 Baileytown (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 Baileytown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Baileytown is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Atlantic, Cape May, Gloucester & Salem.
Below are the counties that are near Baileytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baileytown:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Baileytown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Laurel Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
- Paynters Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Haleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Dividing Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Port Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Mauricetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Turkey Point Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Millville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Millville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
- Port Norris
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Bivalve
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Dorchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Warners Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Warners Mill is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners Mill
- Dorothy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Milmay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milmay is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
- Corbin City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Corbin City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Estell Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Mizpah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mizpah is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
- Estellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Estellville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estellville
- Gigantic City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
- Clarkstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
- Mays Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
- Weymouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weymouth is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Collings Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes
- McKee City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- McKee City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee City
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Sicklerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sicklerville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicklerville
- Andrews
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Andrews is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Ancora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ancora is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancora
- Florence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Waterford Works
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waterford Works is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Works
- Waterford Works has also been known as:
- Waterford
- Cape May County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Belleplain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Belleplain is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleplain
- Eldora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldora is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Steelmantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
- Dennisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- Tuckahoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Goshen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- South Dennis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Clermont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clermont is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- Del Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Green Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Norburys Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Ocean View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean View is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Star Cross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
- Victory Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Avis Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills
- Downer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Downer is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Ferrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
- Williamstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Buckingham Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Buckingham Village is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Village
- Mullica Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mullica Hill is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullica Hill
- Salem County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Norma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Norma is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Alliance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Alliance is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Six Points
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Olivet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Friesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Friesburg is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Pecks Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Shirley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shirley is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Aldine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Canton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Alloway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Whig Lane
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whig Lane is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane
- Quinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Quinton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Hancocks Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Little Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bowers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Independence Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bicentennial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bicentennial Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicentennial Village
- Highland Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Acres
- Kent Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Acres
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rodney Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rodney Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney Village
- Rodric Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rodric Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodric Village
- Burtonwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Deakyneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Port Penn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sussex County (DE)
- Slaughter Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baileytown, see our County-by-County Page for Baileytown.
Cemeteries Near Baileytown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baileytown.
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 Baileytown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baileytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leesburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swing Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bridgeton.
- The Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969053 <2>
- Continue List (89 more) ...
- Overlook Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alliance Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Siloam Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Baileytown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baileytown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baileytown, with the one closest to Baileytown listed first.
- Dividing Creek Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mauricetown Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mauricetown Station is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown Station
- Dividing Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Haleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Mauricetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Port Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newport is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Port Norris
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Bricksboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bricksboro is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricksboro
- Menantico
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Menantico is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menantico
- Millville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Millville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
- Bivalve
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maurice River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maurice River is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice River
- Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Dorchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baileytown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baileytown.
Newspapers Published in Baileytown ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baileytown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baileytown, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baileytown.
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 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 Baileytown:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Camden County
- Cape May County
- Gloucester County
- Salem County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Sussex 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 Baileytown, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baileytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |