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 Cedar Beach (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 Cedar Beach. 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 Cedar Beach ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Cedar Beach: Cedar Bch.

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 southeast 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 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.

Cedar Beach is located in Ocean 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 Ocean County: Atlantic, Burlington & Monmouth.

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

• Ocean County     (The home county of Cedar Beach)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Beach, with the one closest to Cedar Beach listed first.
  • Forked River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
    • Forked River is located in Ocean County
  • Double Trouble ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Trouble
    • Double Trouble is located in Ocean County
  • Dover Beaches South
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover Beaches South have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches South
    • Dover Beaches South is located in Ocean County
  • Silver Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
    • Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
  • Toms River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
    • Toms River is located in Ocean County
  • Waretown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waretown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
    • Waretown is located in Ocean County
  • Holiday Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
    • Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
  • Dover Forge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Forge
    • Dover Forge is located in Ocean County
  • Dover Beaches North
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover Beaches North have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches North
    • Dover Beaches North is located in Ocean County
  • Holiday City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
    • Holiday City is located in Ocean County
  • Glen Cedar City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cedar City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
    • Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
  • Davenport ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
    • Davenport is located in Ocean County
• Atlantic County
  • Port Republic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
    • Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
• Burlington County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Beach, with the one closest to Cedar Beach listed first.
  • Chatsworth
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
    • Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
  • Country Lake Estates
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Lake Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
    • Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
  • Presidential Lakes Estates
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Presidential Lakes Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidential Lakes Estates
    • Presidential Lakes Estates is located in Burlington County
  • Speedwell
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
    • Speedwell is located in Burlington County
  • Browns Mills
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
    • Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
  • New Gretna
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
    • New Gretna is located in Burlington County
  • Wading River
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
    • Wading River is located in Burlington County
  • Jacobstown
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
    • Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
  • Washington
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Washington is located in Burlington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
  • Sooy Place
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
    • Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
  • Fort Dix
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
    • Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
  • Pemberton Heights
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pemberton Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
    • Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
• Monmouth County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Beach, with the one closest to Cedar Beach listed first.
  • Ramtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
    • Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
  • Allenwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
    • Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
  • Allaire Village ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
    • Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
    • Allaire Village has also been known as:
    • Allaire
  • Maxim
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
    • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
  • Squankum
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
    • Squankum is located in Monmouth County
  • West Belmar
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Belmar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Belmar
    • West Belmar is located in Monmouth County
  • Belmar
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
    • Belmar is located in Monmouth County
  • Shark River Hills
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shark River Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark River Hills
    • Shark River Hills is located in Monmouth County
  • Neptune City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
    • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
  • Ocean Grove
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove
    • Ocean Grove is located in Monmouth County
  • West Grove
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
    • West Grove is located in Monmouth County
  • Prospertown
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
    • Prospertown is located in Monmouth County

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

Cemeteries Near Cedar Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Beach.

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 Cedar Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Good Luck Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Luck Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Luck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Dover Chapel Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dover Chapel Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dover Chapel Cemetery is located in Bayville.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152837 <2>
• Bayville Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayville Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bayville.
  • The Bayville Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Bayview Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1653882 <2>
• Ocean Community Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean Community Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Joseph Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Old Waretown Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Waretown Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Waretown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Cedar Grove Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
  • The Cedar Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Applegate Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160767 <2>
• Riverside Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Maximillian Kolbe Roman Catholic Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Maximillian Kolbe Roman Catholic Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Maximillian Kolbe Roman Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Toms River.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2495814 <2>
• Masonic Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Marys Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
• Friends Meeting Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friends Meeting Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friends Meeting Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Continue List   (53 more) ...
  • B'nai Israel Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the B'nai Israel Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the B'nai Israel Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Toms River Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toms River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toms River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ocean County Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean County Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean County Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

• Bayville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
  • Bayville is located in Ocean County
• Forked River
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
  • Forked River is located in Ocean County
• Waretown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waretown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
  • Waretown is located in Ocean County
• Toms River
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
  • Toms River is located in Ocean County
• Chadwick
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chadwick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
  • Chadwick is located in Ocean County
• Silverton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
  • Silverton is located in Ocean County
• Davenport ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
  • Davenport is located in Ocean County
• Beach View
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beach View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach View
  • Beach View is located in Ocean County
• Osbornsville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osbornsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornsville
  • Osbornsville is located in Ocean County
• Long Beach
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
  • Long Beach is located in Ocean County
• Manahawkin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manahawkin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
  • Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
• Whiting
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
  • Whiting is located in Ocean County
• Continue List   (15 more) ...
  • Cedar Run
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
    • Cedar Run is located in Ocean County
  • Whitesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
    • Whitesville is located in Ocean County
  • Lakewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
    • Lakewood is located in Ocean County

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

Newspapers Published in Cedar Beach ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Beach, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Beach.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Cedar Beach:

• Websites specific to New Jersey
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the New Jersey State Archives

• Pages specific to Ocean County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Atlantic County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Burlington County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Monmouth County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of New Jersey
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of New Jersey
  • Cemeteries of Ocean County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Jersey
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of New Jersey
  • Cemeteries of Ocean County

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/