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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 Idell (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 Idell. 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.

Idell is located in Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County: Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren & Bucks (PA).

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

  • Hunterdon County     (The home county of Idell)
  • Burlington County
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idell, with the one closest to Idell listed first.
    • Titusville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bear Tavern
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Rose
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Rose. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rose
      • Mount Rose is located in Mercer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mount Rose
      • From Idell to Mount Rose
    • Ewing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
      • Ewing is located in Mercer County
    • West Trenton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawrenceville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkway Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
      • Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
    • Eldridge Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Warner Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warner Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village
      • Warner Village is located in Mercer County
    • Mercerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Princeton Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idell, with the one closest to Idell listed first.
    • Kingston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Kingston is located in Middlesex County
    • Heathcote
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heathcote have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathcote
      • Heathcote is located in Middlesex County
    • Kendall Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendall Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Park
      • Kendall Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Plainsboro Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainsboro Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro Center
      • Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
    • Plainsboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainsboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro
      • Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Plainsboro
      • From Idell to Plainsboro
    • Franklin Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
      • Franklin Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Monmouth Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monmouth Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth Junction
      • Monmouth Junction is located in Middlesex County
    • Princeton Meadows
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Meadows
      • Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
    • Dayton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Dayton is located in Middlesex County
    • Cranbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Patricks Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Paulas Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Morris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idell, with the one closest to Idell listed first.
    • Crestmoore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hacklebarney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idell, with the one closest to Idell listed first.
    • Woodfern
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Skillman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Harlingen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Blackwells Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Finderne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Bedminster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Middlebush
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Gladstone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ukrainian Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Somerset
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Warren County
  • Bucks County (PA)
  • Indiana County (PA)
    • Ernest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ernest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
      • Ernest is located in Indiana County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ernest
      • From Idell to Ernest
  • Lehigh County (PA)
  • Montgomery County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idell, with the one closest to Idell listed first.
    • Clearbrook Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearbrook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Village
      • Clearbrook Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
    • Meetinghouse Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meetinghouse Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meetinghouse Village
      • Meetinghouse Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
    • Hatfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
      • Hatfield is located in Montgomery County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatfield <3>
    • Montgomeryville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomeryville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomeryville
      • Montgomeryville is located in Montgomery County (PA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomeryville <3>
    • Pear Tree Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pear Tree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Tree Village
      • Pear Tree Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
    • Prospectville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Souderton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Souderton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souderton
      • Souderton is located in Montgomery County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,110 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Souderton <3>
    • Telford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Blair Mill Village East
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair Mill Village East have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Mill Village East
      • Blair Mill Village East is located in Montgomery County (PA)
    • Blair Mill Village West
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair Mill Village West have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Mill Village West
      • Blair Mill Village West is located in Montgomery County (PA)
    • Hatboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Cowpath Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowpath Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpath Village
      • Cowpath Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
  • Northampton County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idell, with the one closest to Idell listed first.
    • Lower Saucon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lower Saucon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Saucon
      • Lower Saucon is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lower Saucon
      • From Idell to Lower Saucon
    • Wassergass
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chain Bridge ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Glendon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glendon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendon
      • Glendon is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
    • Leithsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leithsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville
      • Leithsville is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leithsville
      • From Idell to Leithsville
    • Easton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hellertown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Orchard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Orchard
      • Old Orchard is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • West Easton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Easton
      • West Easton is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,247 people
    • Steel City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steel City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
      • Steel City is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • Wagnerville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Northampton County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,784 people
  • Philadelphia County (PA)

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

Cemeteries Near Idell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Idell.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Idell, with the one closest to Idell 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 Idell had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Barbertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Byram
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byram have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byram
    • Byram is located in Hunterdon County
  • Rosemont
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Point Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
    • Point Pleasant is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Pleasant <3>
  • Lumberville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Raven Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Prallsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prallsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prallsville
    • Prallsville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Prallsville
    • From Idell to Prallsville
  • Locktown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Erwinna
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sergeantsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Baptistown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baptistown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptistown
    • Baptistown is located in Hunterdon County
  • Tinicum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinicum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinicum
    • Tinicum is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Idell ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Idell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Idell, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Idell.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Idell:

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

The official website for Hunterdon County: www.co.hunterdon.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 Idell, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Idell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Idell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4586, Longitude: -75.0266       In this case, the coordinates for Idell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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