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 Hopatcong Hills (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 Hopatcong Hills. 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 doctors and 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.
Below are the counties that are near Hopatcong Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hopatcong Hills:
Sussex County (The home county of Hopatcong Hills)
The following are listed by their distance from Hopatcong Hills, with the one closest to Hopatcong Hills listed first.
Waterloo Village ‑ Historic (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middleville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ackermans Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warren Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Montclair Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Montclair Heights. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hoffmans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Hampton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Mariannes Corner (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mariannes Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Randolphville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Randolphville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pumptown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
The following are listed by their distance from Hopatcong Hills, with the one closest to Hopatcong Hills listed first.
Hurdtown (4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hilltown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County
Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
The Village at Little Falls (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Village at Little Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smalleytown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
The following are listed by their distance from Hopatcong Hills, with the one closest to Hopatcong Hills listed first.
Allamuchy - Panther Valley (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Allamuchy - Panther Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Long Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Karrsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Big Island. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coolbaugh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
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.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Egypt Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Conashaugh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hopatcong Hills.
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 Hopatcong Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanhope Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
St. Marys Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orchard Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Locust Hill Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Mt. Sinai Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Freedom Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
St. Cecelias Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Cecelias Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Newton Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Mt. Freedom Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Freedom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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>
While we didn't find Hopatcong Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hopatcong Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hopatcong Hills, with the one closest to Hopatcong Hills listed first.
Port Morris (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopatcong Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hopatcong Hills, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hopatcong Hills.
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 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 Hopatcong Hills:
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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Hopatcong Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hopatcong Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hopatcong Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9421, Longitude: -74.6685 In this case, the coordinates for Hopatcong Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).