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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 Hackettstown (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 Hackettstown. 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 and 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.

Hackettstown is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Bucks (PA), Monroe (PA) & Northampton (PA).

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

  • Warren County     (The home county of Hackettstown)
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackettstown, with the one closest to Hackettstown listed first.
    • Fairfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Essex County
    • Livingston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • West Caldwell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Caldwell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Borough of Essex Fells
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borough of Essex Fells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells
      • Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
    • Essex Fells
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex Fells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells
      • Essex Fells is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
    • Millburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
      • Meadow Village is located in Essex County
    • South Orange
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Verona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Verona is located in Essex County
    • West Orange
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Hunterdon County
  • Middlesex County
  • Morris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackettstown, with the one closest to Hackettstown listed first.
    • Budd Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Long Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
      • Long Valley is located in Morris County
    • Naughright
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crestmoore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hacklebarney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Succasunna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Mine Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mine Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Hill
      • Mine Hill is located in Morris County
    • Brookside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Dover
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Morris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
    • Millbrook
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hurdtown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hurdtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown
      • Hurdtown is located in Morris County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hurdtown
      • From Hackettstown to Hurdtown
    • Woodport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Weldon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Weldon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
      • Weldon is located in Morris County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Weldon
      • From Hackettstown to Weldon
  • Passaic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackettstown, with the one closest to Hackettstown listed first.
    • Macopin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wayne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
      • Wayne is located in Passaic County
    • Singac
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Singac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac
      • Singac is located in Passaic County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Singac
      • From Hackettstown to Singac
    • Haskell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • West Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford
      • West Milford is located in Passaic County
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackettstown, with the one closest to Hackettstown listed first.
    • Gladstone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bedminster
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bedminster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedminster
      • Bedminster is located in Somerset County
    • Woodfern
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Finderne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Union Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
      • Union Village is located in Somerset County
    • Ukrainian Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ukrainian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukrainian Village
      • Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County
    • Harlingen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Blackwells Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Middlebush
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Skillman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Somerset
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sussex County
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackettstown, with the one closest to Hackettstown listed first.
    • Berkeley Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berkeley Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Heights
      • Berkeley Heights is located in Union County
    • Benders Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Summit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Feltville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotch Plains
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Plains
      • Scotch Plains is located in Union County
    • Springfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Springfield is located in Union County
    • Westfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Clark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clark have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
      • Clark is located in Union County
    • Cranford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bucks County (PA)
  • Monroe County (PA)
  • Northampton County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackettstown, with the one closest to Hackettstown listed first.
    • Portland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Slateford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Bangor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bangor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
      • East Bangor is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
    • Richmond
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richmond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Richmond is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Richmond
      • From Hackettstown to Richmond
    • Bangor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bangor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
      • Bangor is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,210 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bangor <3>
    • New Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
      • New Village is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • Roseto
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseto
      • Roseto is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,540 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roseto <3>
    • Kesslersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pen Argyl
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Easton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Zucksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Stockertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockertown
      • Stockertown is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 924 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockertown <3>
    • Tatamy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Pike County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackettstown, with the one closest to Hackettstown listed first.
    • Egypt Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Conashaugh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Hackettstown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hackettstown.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hackettstown, with the one closest to Hackettstown 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 Hackettstown had a population of 2,417 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hackettstown had a population of 9,372 people.

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

  • Beattystown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Drakestown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drakestown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakestown
    • Drakestown is located in Morris County
  • Schooleys Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schooleys Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooleys Mountain
    • Schooleys Mountain is located in Morris County
  • Vienna
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stephensburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensburg
    • Stephensburg is located in Morris County
  • Mount Olive
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Mount Olive is located in Morris County
  • Allamuchy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allamuchy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allamuchy
    • Allamuchy is located in Warren County
  • Great Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Meadows
    • Great Meadows is located in Warren County
  • Long Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Morris County
  • Naughright
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Budd Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Waterloo Village ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Townsbury
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Townsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsbury
      • Townsbury is located in Warren County
    • Karrsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hackettstown ...

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 Hackettstown.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hackettstown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hackettstown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hackettstown.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<6> of Hackettstown.

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 Hackettstown:

The official website for Hackettstown: www.hackettstown.net/

The official website for Warren County: www.co.warren.nj.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>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 Hackettstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Hackettstown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hackettstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8526, Longitude: -74.8278    









 

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