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 Maurice River (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 Maurice River. 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 Maurice River ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Maurice River: Maurice Riv.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Maurice River is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Atlantic, Cape May, Gloucester & Salem.
Below are the counties that are near Maurice River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maurice River:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Maurice River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Bivalve
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Port Norris
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Leesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Dorchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Delmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Haleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Mauricetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Dividing Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Port Elizabeth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Turkey Point Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Laurel Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
- Paynters Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Warners Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Warners Mill is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners Mill
- Corbin City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Corbin City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Dorothy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Estell Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Milmay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milmay is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
- Estellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Estellville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estellville
- Mizpah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mizpah is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
- Clarkstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
- Gigantic City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
- Mays Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
- Somers Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
- Weymouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Weymouth is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Cape May County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Eldora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eldora is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Belleplain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belleplain is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleplain
- Dennisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- Goshen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- South Dennis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Steelmantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
- Mount Pleasant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Norburys Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Villas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Villas is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Del Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Green Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Cape May Court House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cape May Court House is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape May Court House
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Victory Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Star Cross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
- Salem County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Norma
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Norma is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Alliance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alliance is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Six Points
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Olivet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Friesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Friesburg is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Pecks Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Shirley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shirley is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Aldine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Alloway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Hancocks Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Quinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quinton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Little Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bowers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Independence Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Independence Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Magnolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Acres
- Kent Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kent Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Acres
- Rising Sun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rodric Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rodric Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodric Village
- Alexanders Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alexanders Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexanders Village
- Bicentennial Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bicentennial Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicentennial Village
- New Castle County (DE)
- Deakyneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Slaughter Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argo Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maurice River, see our County-by-County Page for Maurice River.
Cemeteries Near Maurice River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maurice River.
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 Maurice River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maurice River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Leesburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery is located outside of Woodbine
- The St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Nicholas Ukranian Catholic Cemetery
- United Brotherhood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Steelmantown Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Head of the River Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of the River Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Head of the River Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Corbin City.
- The Head of the River Cemetery has also been known as:
- Aetna Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1105371 <2>
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tiffereth Israel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (85 more) ...
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carmel Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- First Baptist Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Maurice River had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maurice River, with the one closest to Maurice River listed first.
- Bivalve
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Port Norris
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Heislerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heislerville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heislerville
- Leesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Dorchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Mauricetown Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mauricetown Station is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown Station
- Delmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Mauricetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Haleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Dividing Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Bricksboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bricksboro is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricksboro
- Port Elizabeth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dividing Creek Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halberton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halberton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halberton
- Manumuskin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manumuskin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manumuskin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maurice River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maurice River.
Newspapers Published in Maurice River ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maurice River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maurice River, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maurice River.
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 Maurice River:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Cape May County
- Gloucester County
- Salem County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Sussex 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maurice River) 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 Maurice River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |