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 Lacey (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 Lacey. 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.
Lacey is located in Ocean 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 Ocean County: Atlantic, Burlington & Monmouth.
Below are the counties that are near Lacey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lacey:
- Ocean County (The home county of Lacey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacey, with the one closest to Lacey listed first.
- Dover Forge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dover Forge is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Forge
- Double Trouble ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Double Trouble is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Trouble
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Forked River
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forked River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
- Pine Ridge at Crestwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holiday Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Crestwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood Village
- Roosevelt City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roosevelt City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt City
- Bayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bayville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Silver Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Toms River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Cedar Glen Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacey, with the one closest to Lacey listed first.
- Sweetwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Weekstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weekstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weekstown
- Nesco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nesco is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesco
- Port Republic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Egg Harbor City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
- Oceanville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oceanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
- Da Costa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Da Costa is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Da Costa
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacey, with the one closest to Lacey listed first.
- Chatsworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Country Lake Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Speedwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Browns Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Sooy Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Fort Dix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
- Jacobstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
- Wading River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
- New Gretna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Gretna is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
- Pemberton Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
- Camden County
- Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacey, with the one closest to Lacey listed first.
- Twin Rivers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- White Horse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lacey, with the one closest to Lacey listed first.
- Ramtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
- Hornerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
- Prospertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Maxim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Maxim is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Squankum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Squankum is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
- Allaire Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
- Allaire Village has also been known as:
- Allaire
- Allenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
- Cream Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Walnford ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnford is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnford
- Ardena
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ardena is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- Imlaystown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
- Polhemustown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polhemustown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lacey, see our County-by-County Page for Lacey.
Cemeteries Near Lacey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lacey.
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 Lacey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lacey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lacey, with the one closest to Lacey listed first.
- St. Maximillian Kolbe RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ocean County Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean County Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocean County Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ocean.
- The Ocean County Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Ocean Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100147 <1>
- Good Luck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reevestown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Waretown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bayville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bayville.
- The Bayville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bayview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1653882 <1>
- Dover Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Masonic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Friends Meeting Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (73 more) ...
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old St. John's Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Lacey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lacey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lacey, with the one closest to Lacey listed first.
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Forked River
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forked River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
- Waretown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waretown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
- Bayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bayville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Toms River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Wheatland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Buckingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Woodmansie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodmansie is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmansie
- Beach View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beach View is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach View
- Manahawkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Silverton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silverton is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mayetta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Cedar Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Run is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Whitesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lacey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lacey.
Newspapers Published in Lacey ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lacey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lacey, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lacey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lacey:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Ocean County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Mercer County
- Monmouth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Lacey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lacey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |