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 Maryland (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 Maryland. 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 southeast 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 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.
Maryland 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 Maryland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maryland:
- Ocean County (The home county of Maryland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Vista Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vista Center is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center
- Van Hiseville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
- Bennetts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mills
- Colliers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers Mills
- Cedar Glen West
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen West
- Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Lakewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Leisure Knoll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
- New Egypt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Egypt is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Egypt
- Glen Cedar City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
- Cedar Glen Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
- Whiting
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Ellisdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisdale
- Jacobstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
- Fort Dix
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
- Browns Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Country Lake Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Bordentown
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Juliustown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Juliustown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliustown
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corners
- Pemberton Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
- Kinkora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kinkora is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkora
- Hunterdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Rileyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rileyville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileyville
- Linvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linvale is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linvale
- Snydertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snydertown is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown
- Wertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wertsville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertsville
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Twin Rivers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Edinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Princeton Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction
- Mercerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville
- Rosemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- White Horse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Princessville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville
- Warner Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village
- Trenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Lawrenceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Eldridge Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Park
- Parkway Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Concordia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Concordia is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Clearbrook Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
- Cranbury Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Station
- Whittingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whittingham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittingham
- Rossmoor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
- Cranbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury
- Jamesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Moerls Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moerls Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moerls Corner
- Princeton Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Meadows
- Dayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Plainsboro Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro Center
- Plainsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro
- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Prospertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Manalapan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Manalapan is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manalapan
- West Freehold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freehold
- Hornerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
- Cream Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Imlaystown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
- Ardena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ardena is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- Polhemustown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polhemustown
- Tennent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tennent is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennent
- Freehold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freehold is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
- Sharon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Walnford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Walnford is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnford
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Somerset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Somerset is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Blackwells Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells Mills
- Middlebush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Middlebush is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush
- Harlingen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harlingen is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlingen
- Skillman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Skillman is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
- Ukrainian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukrainian Village
- Bound Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bound Brook is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bound Brook
- Finderne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Finderne is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finderne
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Richmond County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Tottenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tottenville is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottenville
- Annadale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Annadale is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadale
- Great Kills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Great Kills is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills
- Bucks County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Morrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wheat Sheaf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sheaf
- Levittown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Thornridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornridge
- Tullytown
(23 miles [37 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
- Edgely
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Edgely is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgely
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairless Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oxford Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oxford Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Valley
- Yardley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunlap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dunlap is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Winder Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Winder Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maryland, see our County-by-County Page for Maryland.
Cemeteries Near Maryland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maryland.
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 Maryland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maryland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- St. Vladimirs Russian Orthodox Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jersey State Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whitesville Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Assumption Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Assumption Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in New Egypt.
- The Assumption Cemetery has also been known as:
- Assumption Roman Catholic Church Cemetery
- Church of the Assumption Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976034 <2>
- Old Zoar Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Windsor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Old St. John's Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoffman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (232 more) ...
- St. Marys Of The Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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 Maryland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maryland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maryland, with the one closest to Maryland listed first.
- Cassville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Van Hiseville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
- Ely
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ely is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Smithburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smithburg is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Clarksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Red Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
- Prospertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Bennetts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mills
- Perrineville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perrineville is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrineville
- Hornerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
- Colliers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers Mills
- West Freehold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freehold
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Manalapan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Manalapan is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manalapan
- Imlaystown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
- Cream Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maryland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maryland.
Newspapers Published in Maryland ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maryland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maryland, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maryland.
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 Maryland:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Ocean County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Hunterdon County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Somerset County
- Richmond 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> | 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 Maryland, 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 from Point A (ie- Maryland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |