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 Independence Corner (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 Independence Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Independence Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Independence Corner: Independence Cor. (or less commonly used: Independence Crn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
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.
Independence Corner is located in Sussex 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 Sussex County : Morris , Passaic , Warren , Orange (NY) , Monroe (PA) & Pike (PA) .
Below are the counties that are near Independence Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Independence Corner:
Sussex County (The home county of Independence Corner)
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Vernon Valley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Vernon Valley is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley Hardistonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Hardistonville is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville McCoys Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
McCoys Corner is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner Highland Lake (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Highland Lake is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake Beaver Run (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Beaver Run is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run Libertyville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Libertyville is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville Colesville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Colesville is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville Roys (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Roys is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Pellettown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Pellettown is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Armstrong (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Armstrong is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Wykertown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Wykertown is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown Edison (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Edison is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Augusta (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Augusta is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Mahwah (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Mahwah is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah Campgaw (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Campgaw is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw Ackermans Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills Wyckoff (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Wyckoff is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff Wortendyke (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Wortendyke is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortendyke Ho-Ho-Kus (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus Ridgewood (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Ridgewood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people
Park Ridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Park Ridge is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge Radburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Radburn is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radburn Warren Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Warren Point is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Point Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Fairfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Meadow Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Meadow Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village West Caldwell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
West Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Caldwell Caldwell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Cedar Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Borough of Essex Fells (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
Montclair Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Verona (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Verona is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Newfoundland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Newfoundland is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland Weldon (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Weldon is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Woodport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Woodport is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport Hurdtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Hurdtown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown Lake Telemark (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Lake Telemark is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark Butler (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Butler is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Hibernia (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hibernia is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia Lyonsville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Lyonsville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville Hilltown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hilltown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown White Meadow Lake (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
White Meadow Lake is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Meadow Lake Powerville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Powerville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville Taylortown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Taylortown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown Boonton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
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 Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
West Milford (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
West Milford is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford Macopin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin Haskell (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Wayne (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Preakness (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Singac (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Paterson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Paterson is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Borough of Woodland Park (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
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
Little Falls (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Millbrook ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Millbrook was located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Allamuchy - Panther Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Blairstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Blairstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Paulina (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Paulina is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina Hackettstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hackettstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Hope (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Hope is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Vail (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Vail is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Vienna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Vienna is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Mount Hermon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Mount Hermon is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Unionville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Amity (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Newport (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Newport is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Pine Island (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Pine Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Edenville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Edenville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville Warwick (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Big Island (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Big Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island Homestead Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Homestead Village is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village Sterling Forest (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
South Centerville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
South Centerville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville Greenwood Lake (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Florida (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Port Jervis (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Sloatsburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hillburn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Ramapo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Ramapo is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo Suffern (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Montebello (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Montebello is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
Airmont (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Airmont is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airmont Population from the 2020 Census: 8,767 people
Tallman (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Viola (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Viola is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Wesley Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
Kaser (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Kaser is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaser Population from the 2020 Census: 5,439 people
Pomona (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Monsey (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Mount Ivy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy Sullivan County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Pond Eddy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Bloomingburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Wurtsboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Yankee Lake (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake Barryville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Eldred (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Rock Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Squirrels Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners Summitville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Yulan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Glen Wild (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ulster County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Ulsterville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Ulsterville is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville Walker Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Westchester County (NY)
Verplanck (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Monroe County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Bushkill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Shoemakers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Shoemakers is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers Coolbaugh (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh Pike County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Matamoras (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Milford (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Conashaugh (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh Millrift (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Millrift is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift Delaware (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Delaware is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Egypt Mills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Egypt Mills is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills Parkers Glen (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen Lords Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Lackawaxen (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Independence Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Independence Corner .
Cemeteries Near Independence Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Independence Corner.
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 Independence Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Independence Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Deckertown Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Wantage Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Fairview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Glenwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Clove Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Hardyston Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Immaculate Conception Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Unionville Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Canistear Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
St. Stanislaus Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (211 more) ...
St. Thomas Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Minisink Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Holland Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Independence Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Independence Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Independence Corner, with the one closest to Independence Corner listed first.
Martins (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Martins is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Papakating (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Papakating is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papakating McAfee (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
McAfee is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAfee Lewisburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Lewisburg is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg Quarryville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Quarryville is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Vernon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Vernon is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Hardistonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Hardistonville is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville Glenwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Glenwood is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Beaver Run (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Beaver Run is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run DeKays (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
DeKays is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeKays Libertyville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Libertyville is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville Roys (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Roys is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Continue List (14 more) ...
Amity (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Colesville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Colesville is also located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville Unionville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Independence Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Independence Corner .
Newspapers Published in Independence Corner ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Independence Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Independence Corner, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Independence Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Independence Corner:
Websites specific to New Jersey Pages specific to Sussex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bergen County Essex County Morris County Passaic County Warren County Orange County Rockland County Sullivan County Ulster County Westchester County Monroe County Pike County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Independence Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Sussex County: https://sussex.nj.us/
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 Independence Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Independence Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.