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 Free Acres (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 Free Acres. 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 hospitals 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.
Free Acres is located in Union 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 Union County : Essex , Hudson , Middlesex , Morris , Somerset & Richmond (NY) .
Below are the counties that are near Free Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Free Acres:
Union County (The home county of Free Acres)
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Berkeley Heights (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Berkeley Heights is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Heights Scotch Plains (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Scotch Plains is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Plains Benders Corner (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Benders Corner is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benders Corner Feltville ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Feltville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feltville Plainfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Plainfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
Westfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Westfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
Summit (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Summit is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Population from the 2020 Census: 21,812 people
Clark (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Clark is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cranford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Cranford is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Park Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Park Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Springfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Springfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Rahway (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Rahway is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
Perth Amboy Junction (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
North Arlington (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
North Arlington is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arlington Lyndhurst (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst Borough of Wood-Ridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
Garfield (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Garfield is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Saddle Brook (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook Ridgefield Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Rochelle Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Warren Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Warren Point is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Point Hackensack (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Radburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Radburn is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radburn Campgaw (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Campgaw is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw Ridgewood (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ridgewood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people
Teaneck (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Millburn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Millburn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn Maplewood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Maplewood is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Livingston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Livingston is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston South Orange (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
South Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orange Irvington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Irvington is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington Orange (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange East Orange (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
East Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Elm Park Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Borough of Essex Fells (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
Essex Fells (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
West Caldwell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
West Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Caldwell West Orange (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
West Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Orange Caldwell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Hudson County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Harrison (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Harrison is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Bayonne (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Kearny (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Kearny is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Bergen (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Communipaw (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Jersey City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Hoboken (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Secaucus (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Union City (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Union City is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
Weehawken (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Guttenberg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
West New York (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
West New York is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
North Bergen (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Hunterdon County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Pottersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Pottersville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville Whitehouse Station (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Whitehouse Station is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Station Whitehouse (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Whitehouse is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Farmersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville Pleasant Run (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Califon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Califon is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califon Annandale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Annandale is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale Hoffmans (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Hoffmans is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans Readingsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Readingsburg is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readingsburg Reaville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Reaville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaville Wertsville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Wertsville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertsville Allerton (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Allerton is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton Clinton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Clinton is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Princeton Junction (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction Mount Rose (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Mount Rose is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rose Twin Rivers (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers Edinburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Edinburg is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg Lawrenceville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Princessville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Princessville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Samptown (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Samptown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samptown North Edison (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
North Edison is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Edison Potters (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Potters is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Piscataway (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Piscataway is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piscataway Pumptown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Pumptown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumptown Randolphville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Randolphville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolphville Society Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Society Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill Iselin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Iselin is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iselin Menlo Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Menlo Park is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Park Edison (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Edison is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Colonia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia Avenel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Edgar (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Monmouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Cliffwood (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Cliffwood is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Cliffwood Beach (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Cliffwood Beach is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Beach Hazlet (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Hazlet is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlet Strathmore (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Strathmore is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmore Morganville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Morganville is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville North Middletown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Belford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Belford is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Bradevelt (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Bradevelt is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradevelt New Monmouth (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Port Monmouth (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Yorketown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Yorketown is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorketown Holmdel (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Holmdel is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmdel Marlboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Marlboro is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Green Village (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Green Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Rosedale Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village Yardley Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Yardley Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village Morristown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Morristown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
Morristown has also been known as:
New Hanover West Hanover East Hanover (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
East Hanover is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Whippany (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Whippany is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippany Brookside (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Brookside is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Hanover Neck (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck Littleton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Littleton is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Troy Hills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Troy Hills is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Hills Tabor (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Tabor is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor Millbrook (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Millbrook is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Boonton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Boonton is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,878 people
Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Little Falls (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Singac (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Clifton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Delawanna (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna The Village at Little Falls (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Athenia (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Athenia is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Borough of Woodland Park (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Passaic (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Passaic is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Preakness (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Wayne (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Paterson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Paterson is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Haskell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Macopin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin Somerset County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Union Village (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Union Village is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Smalleytown (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Smalleytown is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalleytown Bound Brook (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Bound Brook is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bound Brook Ukrainian Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukrainian Village Finderne (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Finderne is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finderne Somerville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Somerville is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Bedminster (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Bedminster is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedminster Somerset (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Somerset is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Middlebush (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Middlebush is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush Gladstone (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Gladstone is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone North Branch Depot (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
North Branch Depot is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch Depot Blackwells Mills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells Mills Harlingen (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Harlingen is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlingen Sussex County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Hopatcong Hills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Hopatcong Hills is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopatcong Hills Waterloo Village ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Waterloo Village is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo Village Waterloo Village has also been known as:
Waterloo Mahola (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mahola is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahola Sparta (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Sparta is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta Brighton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Brighton is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Lake Mohawk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lake Mohawk is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohawk Tranquility (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Tranquility is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility Edison (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Edison is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Beattystown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Beattystown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattystown Hackettstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Hackettstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Allamuchy - Panther Valley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Long Bridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Vienna (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Vienna is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Karrsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Karrsville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karrsville Asbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Asbury is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Brass Castle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Brass Castle is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brass Castle Oxford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Oxford is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Bronx County (NY)
Concourse Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Kings County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Bay Ridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Bay Ridge is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Ridge Fort Hamilton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Fort Hamilton is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hamilton Dyker Heights (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Dyker Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyker Heights Red Hook (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Red Hook is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook Bath Beach (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Bath Beach is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach Bensonhurst (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Bensonhurst is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensonhurst Brooklyn Heights (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights New York (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
New York is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Coney Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Coney Island is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island Flatbush (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Flatbush is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Gravesend (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Gravesend is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Williamsburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Brighton Beach (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Battery Park City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Battery Park City is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City Fort Jay (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Fort Jay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jay Governors Island (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Governors Island is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Island Greenwich Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Greenwich Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village Knickerbocker Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Knickerbocker Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knickerbocker Village University Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
University Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village Washington Square Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
East Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
East Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Hell's Kitchen (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Kips Bay (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Kips Bay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Peter Cooper Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village Stuyvesant Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town Manhattan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Long Island City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Sunnyside (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Astoria (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Breezy Point (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Fresh Pond (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Fresh Pond is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Maspeth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Ridgewood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Woodside (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Elmhurst (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Glendale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Glendale is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Middle Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Corona (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Jackson Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Richmond County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Arlington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Arlington is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Bloomfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Bloomfield is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
Tottenville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Tottenville is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottenville Graniteville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Heartland Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Port Richmond (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Staten Island (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Westerleigh (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Annadale (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Annadale is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadale Great Kills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Great Kills is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills Grant City (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Grant City is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City New Brighton (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Oakwood (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Oakwood is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Free Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Free Acres .
Cemeteries Near Free Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Free Acres.
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 Free Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Free Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
St. Mary's Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Mary's RC Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
North Plainfield Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Brook Ave. Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Marys Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Meyersville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Hofheimer Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
St. Vincent's Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Mt. Bethel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Trinity United Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Springdale UMC Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hillside Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (451 more) ...
Millington Baptist Churchyard Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Holy Redeemer Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Revolutionary Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Free Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Free Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Free Acres, with the one closest to Free Acres listed first.
Berkeley Heights (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Berkeley Heights is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Heights Gillette (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Gillette is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillette Netherwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Netherwood is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood Scotch Plains (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Scotch Plains is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Plains Stirling (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Stirling is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirling Plainfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Plainfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
Murray Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Murray Hill is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Hill Long Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Long Hill is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill Warrenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Warrenville is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Westfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Westfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
Millington (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Millington is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington New Market (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
New Market is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Continue List (17 more) ...
Summit (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Summit is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Population from the 2020 Census: 21,812 people
Green Village (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Green Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Lyons (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Lyons is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Free Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Free Acres .
Newspapers Published in Free Acres ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Free Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Free Acres, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Free Acres.
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 Free Acres:
Websites specific to New Jersey Pages specific to Union County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Hunterdon County Mercer County Middlesex County Monmouth County Morris County Passaic County Somerset County Sussex County Warren County Bronx County Kings County New York County Queens County Richmond County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Free Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Union County: https://ucnj.org/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Free Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Free Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.