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 Mauricetown Station (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 Mauricetown Station. 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 Mauricetown Station ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mauricetown Station: Mauricetown Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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.
Mauricetown Station 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 Mauricetown Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mauricetown Station:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Mauricetown Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Haleyville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Mauricetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Dorchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Laurel Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
- Port Elizabeth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Bivalve
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Port Norris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Dividing Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Paynters Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Turkey Point Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Warners Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Warners Mill is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners Mill
- Dorothy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Milmay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milmay is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
- 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
- Estell Manor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Estellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Estellville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estellville
- Mizpah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mizpah is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
- Gigantic City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
- Clarkstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
- Mays Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
- Weymouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weymouth is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Collings Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Sicklerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sicklerville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicklerville
- Ancora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ancora is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancora
- Andrews
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Andrews is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Cape May County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Eldora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Steelmantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
- Dennisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Goshen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- South Dennis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Tuckahoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Norburys Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Clermont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clermont is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- Del Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Cape May Court House
(18 miles [29 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 Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Star Cross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
- Victory Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Downer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Downer is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Ferrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Avis Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills
- Salem County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Norma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Norma is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Alliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alliance is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Six Points
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Olivet
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Friesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Friesburg is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Shirley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shirley is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Aldine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Pecks Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Alloway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Hancocks Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Quinton
(26 miles [41.8 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 Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Little Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bowers
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Leipsic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rodric Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rodric Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodric Village
- Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Acres
- Kent Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Acres
- Rising Sun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rodney Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rodney Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Sussex County (DE)
- Slaughter Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mauricetown Station, see our County-by-County Page for Mauricetown Station.
Cemeteries Near Mauricetown Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mauricetown Station.
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 Mauricetown Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mauricetown Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Leesburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carmel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Head of the River Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (84 more) ...
- Swing Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steelmantown Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mauricetown Station had a population of 575 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mauricetown Station, with the one closest to Mauricetown Station listed first.
- Haleyville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Mauricetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Dividing Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Bivalve
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Port Norris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Dorchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Bricksboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bricksboro is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricksboro
- Port Elizabeth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Dividing Creek Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maurice River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maurice River is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice River
- Heislerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Heislerville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heislerville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Manumuskin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Manumuskin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manumuskin
- Menantico
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Menantico is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menantico
- Millville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mauricetown Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mauricetown Station.
Newspapers Published in Mauricetown Station ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mauricetown Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mauricetown Station, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mauricetown Station.
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 Mauricetown Station:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Camden 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mauricetown Station) 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 Mauricetown Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |