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 Legler (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 Legler. 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 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.
Legler 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 Legler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Legler:
- Ocean County (The home county of Legler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Legler, with the one closest to Legler listed first.
- Cedar Glen West
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
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- Whitesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Leisure Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
- Van Hiseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
- Glen Cedar City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
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- Bennetts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
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- Lakewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Pine Ridge at Crestwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Colliers Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers Mills
- Vista Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vista Center is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center
- Crestwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood Village
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Cedar Glen Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Legler, with the one closest to Legler listed first.
- Country Lake Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Jacobstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
- Ellisdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisdale
- Browns Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Dix
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
- Juliustown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Juliustown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliustown
- Chatsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Pemberton Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
- Bordentown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bordentown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordentown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
- Columbus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Sooy Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
- Chambers Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corners
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Legler, with the one closest to Legler listed first.
- Twin Rivers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Edinburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- White Horse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Mercerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville
- Princeton Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction
- Rosemont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Warner Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village
- Princessville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville
- Trenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Eldridge Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Park
- Lawrenceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Parkway Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Ewing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ewing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Legler, with the one closest to Legler listed first.
- Concordia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Concordia is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Clearbrook Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
- Whittingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whittingham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittingham
- Cranbury Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Station
- Cranbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury
- Jamesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Moerls Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Moerls Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moerls Corner
- Rossmoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
- Princeton Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Meadows
- Plainsboro Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro Center
- Plainsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro
- Brownville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brownville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Legler, with the one closest to Legler listed first.
- Prospertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Maxim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maxim is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Hornerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
- Ramtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
- Cream Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Ardena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ardena is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- Squankum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Squankum is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
- Imlaystown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
- West Freehold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freehold
- Allaire Village ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
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- Polhemustown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polhemustown
- Walnford ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnford is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnford
- Bucks County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Legler, with the one closest to Legler listed first.
- Wheat Sheaf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sheaf
- Morrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgely
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Edgely is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgely
- Tullytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tullytown is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Levittown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thornridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornridge
- Fairless Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winder Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winder Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village
- Yardley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Oxford Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oxford Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Valley
- Croydon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Legler, see our County-by-County Page for Legler.
Cemeteries Near Legler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Legler.
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 Legler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Legler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Legler, with the one closest to Legler listed first.
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old St. John's Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesville Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Of The Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Vladimirs Russian Orthodox Christian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Maximillian Kolbe RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toms River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- B'nai Israel Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (165 more) ...
- Ocean County Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Olam Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Legler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Legler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Legler, with the one closest to Legler listed first.
- Whitesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Cassville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cassville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Van Hiseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
- Lakewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Bennetts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mills
- Colliers Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers Mills
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Southard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Southard is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southard
- Prospertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Toms River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Buckingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ely
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ely is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Silverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Silverton is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Red Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Legler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Legler.
Newspapers Published in Legler ...
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 Legler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Legler, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Legler.
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 helpful 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 Legler:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Ocean County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Bucks County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Legler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Legler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |