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 Lower Squankum (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 Lower Squankum. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lower Squankum is located in Monmouth 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 Monmouth County: Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex & Ocean.
Below are the counties that are near Lower Squankum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Squankum:
- Monmouth County (The home county of Lower Squankum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Squankum
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Squankum is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
- Allaire Village ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
- Allaire Village has also been known as:
- Allaire
- Maxim
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maxim is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Ramtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
- Allenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
- Ardena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ardena is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- West Belmar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Belmar is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Belmar
- Shark River Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shark River Hills is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark River Hills
- Avon-by-the-Sea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avon-by-the-Sea is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon-by-the-Sea
- Belmar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belmar is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
- Neptune City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
- West Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Grove is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Asbury Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Ellisdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisdale
- Jacobstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
- Browns Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Country Lake Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Fort Dix
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Juliustown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Juliustown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliustown
- Bordentown
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Chatsworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Pemberton Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Twin Rivers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Edinburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Princeton Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction
- Mercerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville
- Rosemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- White Horse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Princessville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville
- Warner Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Moerls Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moerls Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moerls Corner
- Brownville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brownville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
- Concordia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Concordia is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Cheesequake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cheesequake is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesequake
- Morristown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Morristown is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Clearbrook Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
- Whittingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whittingham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittingham
- Cranbury Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Station
- Jamesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Old Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bridge is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bridge
- Rossmoor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
- Laurence Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Laurence Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurence Harbor
- Cranbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury
- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Williams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Herbertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
- Winding River Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Arrowhead Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Village
- Bennetts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mills
- Leisure Village East
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bay Head Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Head Junction is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Head Junction
- Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Vista Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vista Center is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center
- Holiday City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holiday City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Silverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Silverton is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Cedar Glen West
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen West
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Somerset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Blackwells Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells Mills
- Middlebush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Middlebush is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush
- Kings County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Brighton Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brighton Beach is located in Kings County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach
- Coney Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coney Island is located in Kings County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Queens County (NY)
- Breezy Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Tottenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tottenville is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottenville
- Annadale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Annadale is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadale
- Great Kills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Great Kills is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Grant City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grant City is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Heartland Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village
- Old Town Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Old Town Station is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Squankum, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Squankum.
Cemeteries Near Lower Squankum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Squankum.
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 Lower Squankum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Squankum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brewer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lakewood.
- The Greenville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Family RC Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1650658 <2>
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anne's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Atlantic View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- St. Catherine's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Temple Beth El Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lower Squankum had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Squankum, with the one closest to Lower Squankum listed first.
- Squankum
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Squankum is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
- Allaire Village ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
- Allaire Village has also been known as:
- Allaire
- Southard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Southard is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southard
- Allenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
- Herbertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
- Glendola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glendola is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendola
- Lakewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- New Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Hamilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Ardena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ardena is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- Bennetts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mills
- West Point Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Point Pleasant is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point Pleasant
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Belmar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belmar is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
- Avon-by-the-Sea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avon-by-the-Sea is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon-by-the-Sea
- Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Lower Squankum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Squankum.
Newspapers Published in Lower Squankum ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Squankum.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Squankum, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lower Squankum.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Lower Squankum:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Monmouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Ocean County
- Somerset County
- Kings County
- Queens County
- Richmond 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> | 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 Lower Squankum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lower Squankum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |