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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 Dividing Creek (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 Dividing Creek. 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 Dividing Creek ...

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 Dividing Creek: Dividing Crk. (or less commonly used: Dividing Ck. or Dividing Cr.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Atlantic, Cape May, Gloucester & Salem.

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

  • Cumberland County     (The home county of Dividing Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dividing Creek, with the one closest to Dividing Creek listed first.
    • Turkey Point Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Port Norris
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Norris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
      • Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
    • Haleyville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bivalve
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bivalve. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
      • Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bivalve
      • From Dividing Creek to Bivalve
    • Mauricetown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dorchester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Leesburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Laurel Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
      • Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
    • Cedarville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
      • Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
    • Port Elizabeth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Millville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
      • Millville is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
    • Delmont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Atlantic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dividing Creek, with the one closest to Dividing Creek listed first.
    • Warners Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Dorothy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Milmay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Corbin City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Estell Manor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estell Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
      • Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
    • Estellville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mizpah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gigantic City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gigantic City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
      • Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
    • Clarkstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Mays Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Weymouth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Collings Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collings Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes
      • Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County
  • Cape May County
  • Gloucester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dividing Creek, with the one closest to Dividing Creek listed first.
    • Star Cross
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Victory Lakes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
      • Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
    • Avis Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Ferrell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ferrell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
      • Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ferrell
      • From Dividing Creek to Ferrell
    • Downer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Downer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
      • Downer is located in Gloucester County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Downer
      • From Dividing Creek to Downer
    • Williamstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
      • Williamstown is located in Gloucester County
  • Salem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dividing Creek, with the one closest to Dividing Creek listed first.
    • Norma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Alliance
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alliance. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
      • Alliance is located in Salem County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alliance
      • From Dividing Creek to Alliance
    • Olivet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olivet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
      • Olivet is located in Salem County
    • Shirley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
      • Shirley is located in Salem County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shirley
      • From Dividing Creek to Shirley
    • Canton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Friesburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Aldine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aldine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
      • Aldine is located in Salem County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Aldine
      • From Dividing Creek to Aldine
    • Alloway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hancocks Bridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Whig Lane
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Penton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Portertown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Kent County (DE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dividing Creek, with the one closest to Dividing Creek listed first.
    • Little Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bowers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
      • Bowers is located in Kent County (DE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Independence Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
      • Independence Village is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Leipsic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Dover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Highland Acres
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Acres
      • Highland Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Kent Acres
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Acres
      • Kent Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Magnolia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
      • Magnolia is located in Kent County (DE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 293 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magnolia <3>
    • Rodric Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rodric Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodric Village
      • Rodric Village is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Camden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bicentennial Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bicentennial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicentennial Village
      • Bicentennial Village is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Burtonwood Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burtonwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
      • Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County (DE)
  • New Castle County (DE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dividing Creek, with the one closest to Dividing Creek listed first.
    • Deakyneville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Port Penn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackbird
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blackbird. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
      • Blackbird is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Blackbird
      • From Dividing Creek to Blackbird
  • Sussex County (DE)

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

Cemeteries Near Dividing Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dividing Creek.

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 Dividing Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dividing Creek, with the one closest to Dividing Creek 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dividing Creek had a population of 703 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Dividing Creek Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dividing Creek Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek Station
    • Dividing Creek Station is located in Cumberland County
  • Port Norris
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Norris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
    • Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
  • Mauricetown Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mauricetown Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown Station
    • Mauricetown Station is located in Cumberland County
  • Bivalve
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bivalve. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
    • Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bivalve
    • From Dividing Creek to Bivalve
  • Maurice River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maurice River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice River
    • Maurice River is located in Cumberland County
  • Haleyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Newport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Cumberland County
  • Mauricetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Heislerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heislerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heislerville
    • Heislerville is located in Cumberland County
  • Leesburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dorchester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bricksboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bricksboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricksboro
    • Bricksboro is located in Cumberland County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Dividing Creek ...

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 Dividing Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dividing Creek, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dividing Creek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Dividing Creek:

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

The official website for Cumberland County: www.co.cumberland.nj.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Dividing Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dividing Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dividing Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2708, Longitude: -75.1017    









 

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