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

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Colliers Mills might be written as Collier 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 hospitals 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.

Colliers Mills 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 Colliers Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colliers Mills:

  • Ocean County     (The home county of Colliers Mills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colliers Mills, with the one closest to Colliers Mills listed first.
    • New Egypt
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Glen West
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Glen West have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen West
      • Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
    • Leisure Knoll
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
      • Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
    • Cedar Glen Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Glen Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
      • Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
    • Whiting
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Vista Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center
      • Vista Center is located in Ocean County
    • Roosevelt City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roosevelt City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt City
      • Roosevelt City is located in Ocean County
    • Crestwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crestwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood Village
      • Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
    • Bennetts Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Ridge at Crestwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge at Crestwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Glen Cedar City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cedar City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
      • Davenport is located in Ocean County
  • Burlington County
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colliers Mills, with the one closest to Colliers Mills listed first.
    • Kresson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Greentree
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greentree have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
      • Greentree is located in Camden County
    • Jackson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jackson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Camden County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jackson
      • From Colliers Mills to Jackson
    • Springdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Springdale is located in Camden County
    • Atco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Barclay - Kingston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay - Kingston
      • Barclay - Kingston is located in Camden County
    • Cherry Hill Mall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Hill Mall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Mall
      • Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County
  • Hunterdon County
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colliers Mills, with the one closest to Colliers Mills listed first.
    • Twin Rivers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Edinburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • White Horse
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
      • White Horse is located in Mercer County
    • Mercerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosemont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Warner Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warner Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village
      • Warner Village is located in Mercer County
    • Princeton Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Trenton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Eldridge Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawrenceville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkway Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
      • Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
    • Ewing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
      • Ewing is located in Mercer County
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colliers Mills, with the one closest to Colliers Mills listed first.
    • Clearbrook Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearbrook Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
      • Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Concordia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concordia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
      • Concordia is located in Middlesex County
    • Cranbury Station
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cranbury
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Whittingham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rossmoor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jamesburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Princeton Meadows
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Meadows
      • Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
    • Plainsboro Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainsboro Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro Center
      • Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
    • Plainsboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dayton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Dayton is located in Middlesex County
    • Moerls Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Monmouth County
  • Somerset County
  • Bucks County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colliers Mills, with the one closest to Colliers Mills listed first.
    • Wheat Sheaf
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Morrisville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
      • Morrisville is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,490 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrisville <4>
    • Edgely
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edgely. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgely
      • Edgely is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Edgely
      • From Colliers Mills to Edgely
    • Levittown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levittown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levittown
      • Levittown is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levittown <4>
    • Tullytown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tullytown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullytown
      • Tullytown is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
    • Bristol
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Fairless Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Winder Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winder Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village
      • Winder Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Yardley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yardley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley
      • Yardley is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,506 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yardley <4>
    • Oxford Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Valley
      • Oxford Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Croydon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Croydon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
      • Croydon is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Croydon <4>
    • Glenlake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenlake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlake
      • Glenlake is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Philadelphia County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colliers Mills, with the one closest to Colliers Mills listed first.
    • Morrell Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bustleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bustleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustleton
      • Bustleton is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
    • Pennypack Woods
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Colliers Mills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colliers 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 Colliers Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colliers Mills, with the one closest to Colliers 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Colliers Mills had a population of 34 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Prospertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cassville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
    • Cassville is located in Ocean County
  • Hornerstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Egypt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cookstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cookstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookstown
    • Cookstown is located in Burlington County
  • Van Hiseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Hiseville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
    • Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
  • Cream Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
    • Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
  • Imlaystown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Walnford ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jacobstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Whiting
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Clarksburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
      • Clarksburg is located in Monmouth County
    • Ellisdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sykesville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sykesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykesville
      • Sykesville is located in Burlington County

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

Newspapers Published in Colliers 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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colliers Mills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colliers Mills, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colliers 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 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 Colliers Mills:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Colliers Mills. 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/

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Colliers Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Colliers Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colliers Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0676, Longitude: -74.4498       In this case, the coordinates for Colliers Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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