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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Davenport. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Davenport to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Davenport, please Contact Us.
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 Davenport (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 Davenport. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Davenport is historic, it would have been located within present day Ocean 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 Ocean County: Atlantic, Burlington & Monmouth.
Below are the counties that are near Davenport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Davenport:
- Ocean County (The home county of Davenport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Crestwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood Village
- Pine Ridge at Crestwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Roosevelt City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roosevelt City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt City
- Dover Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dover Forge is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Forge
- Cedar Glen Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
- Holiday Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Double Trouble ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Double Trouble is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Trouble
- Silver Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Leisure Knoll
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
- Toms River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Glen Cedar City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Sweetwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Nesco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nesco is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesco
- Weekstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weekstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weekstown
- Port Republic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Egg Harbor City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Country Lake Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Chatsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Browns Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Speedwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Fort Dix
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
- Jacobstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
- Sooy Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
- Juliustown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Juliustown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliustown
- Pemberton Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
- Ellisdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisdale
- Chambers Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corners
- Fox Chase
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fox Chase is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Waterford Works
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waterford Works is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Works
- Waterford Works has also been known as:
- Waterford
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Twin Rivers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- White Horse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Edinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Mercerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville
- Rosemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Warner Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village
- Princeton Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Clearbrook Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
- Concordia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Concordia is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Cranbury Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Station
- Cranbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury
- Whittingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whittingham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittingham
- Jamesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Moerls Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Moerls Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moerls Corner
- Rossmoor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
- Princeton Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Meadows
- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Hornerstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
- Prospertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Ramtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
- Maxim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maxim is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Cream Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Polhemustown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polhemustown
- Walnford ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Walnford is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnford
- Allaire Village ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
- Allaire Village has also been known as:
- Allaire
- Allenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
- Squankum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Squankum is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
- Imlaystown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
- Ardena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ardena is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Bucks County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgely is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgely
- Tullytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tullytown is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- Wheat Sheaf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sheaf
- Levittown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thornridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornridge
- Winder Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winder Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Davenport, see our County-by-County Page for Davenport.
Cemeteries Near Davenport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Davenport.
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 Davenport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Davenport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- St. Maximillian Kolbe RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old St. John's Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- B'nai Israel Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Toms River Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Good Luck Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bayville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <3>
- Dover Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reevestown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (107 more) ...
- Ocean County Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean County Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocean County Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ocean.
- The Ocean County Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Ocean Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100147 <3>
- Ocean County Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Of The Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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.
Davenport itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Davenport, with the one closest to Davenport listed first.
- Whiting
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Buckingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buckingham is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Woodmansie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodmansie is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmansie
- Toms River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Forked River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forked River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
- Bayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bayville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Silverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silverton is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Colliers Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers Mills
- Van Hiseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
- Cassville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cassville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Waretown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waretown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
- Lakewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Browns Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Davenport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Davenport.
Newspapers Published in Davenport ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Davenport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Davenport, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Davenport.
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 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 Davenport:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Ocean County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Bucks County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Davenport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Davenport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |