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 Fortescue (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 Fortescue. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Fortescue is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Atlantic, Cape May, Gloucester & Salem.
Below are the counties that are near Fortescue. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fortescue:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Fortescue)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Turkey Point Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Dividing Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Paynters Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Bivalve
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Port Norris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Haleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Mauricetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Dorchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Fairton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Laurel Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Warners Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Warners Mill is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners Mill
- Dorothy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Milmay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milmay is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
- Corbin City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Corbin City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Estell Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Mizpah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mizpah is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
- Estellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Estellville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estellville
- Gigantic City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
- Clarkstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
- Mays Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
- Weymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weymouth is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Collings Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes
- Cape May County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Eldora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eldora is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Belleplain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Belleplain is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleplain
- Goshen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Del Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Norburys Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Dennisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- South Dennis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Steelmantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
- Green Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Villas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Villas is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Cape May Court House
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cape May Court House is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape May Court House
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Avis Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills
- Star Cross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
- Victory Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Ferrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
- Salem County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Norma
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Norma is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Alliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alliance is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Six Points
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Pecks Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Olivet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Friesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Friesburg is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Aldine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Aldine is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Shirley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Alloway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Hancocks Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Quinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Quinton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Little Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bowers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Independence Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Independence Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Leipsic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rodric Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rodric Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodric Village
- Highland Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Acres
- Rising Sun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Kent Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kent Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Acres
- Rodney Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rodney Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney Village
- Alexanders Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alexanders Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexanders Village
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Deakyneville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Blackbird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Port Penn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Townsend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McDonough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Odessa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Slaughter Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Argo Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Anderson Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Lincoln
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Waples
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Waples is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
- Lincoln Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fortescue, see our County-by-County Page for Fortescue.
Cemeteries Near Fortescue ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fortescue.
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 Fortescue - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fortescue covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swing Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leesburg Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bridgeton.
- The Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969053 <2>
- Overlook Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carmel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Greenwich Friends Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Lawn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Fortescue in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fortescue.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fortescue, with the one closest to Fortescue listed first.
- Dividing Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Newport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Dividing Creek Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maurice River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maurice River is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice River
- Bivalve
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Port Norris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Mauricetown Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mauricetown Station is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown Station
- Haleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Heislerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Heislerville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heislerville
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Mauricetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fairton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Dorchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Delmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fortescue. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fortescue.
Newspapers Published in Fortescue ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fortescue.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fortescue, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fortescue.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Fortescue:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Cape May County
- Gloucester County
- Salem County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fortescue, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Fortescue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |