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A visit to the Ocean County Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Ocean County Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ocean County Memorial Park (FG ID #100148)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Ocean County Memorial Park ...

Note: While we are using the above GPS location for the Ocean County Memorial Park, it has not been verified and we are uncertain about its accuracy - use with caution.

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ocean County Memorial Park

Lat:   40.0273°   (40° 1' 38")

Lon:   -74.1802°   (-74° 10' 48")

The cemetery is located in Ocean County<3>.

As an estimate, the Ocean County Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Toms River.

The county seat for Ocean County is located in Toms River. Toms River lies just to the south of the Ocean County Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Ocean County Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ocean County Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Ocean County Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ocean County Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Holiday City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
    • Holiday City is located in Ocean County
  • Leisure Village East
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village East have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village East
    • Leisure Village East is located in Ocean County
  • Silverton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Glen Cedar City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cedar City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
    • Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
  • Silver Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
    • Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
  • Toms River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Lakewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Arrowhead Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Village
    • Arrowhead Village is located in Ocean County
  • Williams
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Leisure Knoll
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
    • Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
  • Holiday Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
    • Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Dover Beaches North
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover Beaches North have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches North
      • Dover Beaches North is located in Ocean County
    • Normandy Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Winding River Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winding River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding River Village
      • Winding River Village is located in Ocean County
    • Herbertsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ramtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
      • Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
    • Cedar Glen West
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Glen West have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen West
      • Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
    • Dover Beaches South
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover Beaches South have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches South
      • Dover Beaches South is located in Ocean County
    • Bay Head Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Maxim
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pine Ridge at Crestwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge at Crestwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge at Crestwood
      • Pine Ridge at Crestwood is located in Ocean County
    • Bayville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Allenwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bennetts Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Ocean County Memorial Park. The following communities are located in Ocean County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ocean County Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Ocean County Memorial Park:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Ocean County Memorial Park:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #873906  (Ocean County Memorial Park)
    • Note: GNIS record #873906 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Lakewood
    • County: Ocean         Elev: 18
    • Location given for GNIS #873906 (Ocean County Memorial Park)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #100148

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ocean County Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0273, Longitude: -74.1802    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Ocean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>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.