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 Mount Pleasant (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 Mount Pleasant. 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 Mount Pleasant ...
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 Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Pleasant. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Pleasant.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Mount Pleasant is located in Atlantic 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 Atlantic County: Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester & Ocean.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Pleasant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant:
- Atlantic County (The home county of Mount Pleasant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
- Absecon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Absecon is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- West Atlantic City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atlantic City
- Northfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
- Margate City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Margate City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people
- Ventnor City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
- Bargaintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bargaintown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargaintown
- Oceanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oceanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
- Pomona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Atlantic City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,569 people
- Linwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
- Brigantine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brigantine is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigantine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,577 people
- McKee City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKee City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee City
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- New Gretna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Gretna is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
- Wading River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
- Green Bank
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Bank is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
- Batsto Village ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Batsto Village is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batsto Village
- Batsto Village has also been known as:
- Batsto
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Speedwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Atsion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atsion is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atsion
- Chatsworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Dellette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dellette is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellette
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Ancora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ancora is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancora
- Waterford Works
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford Works is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Works
- Waterford Works has also been known as:
- Waterford
- Cape May County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Ocean City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ocean City is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,902 people
- Strathmere
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strathmere is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmere
- Tuckahoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckahoe is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Steelmantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
- Ocean View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean View is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
- Sea Isle City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sea Isle City is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Isle City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,019 people
- Belleplain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belleplain is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleplain
- Clermont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clermont is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- Dennisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- South Dennis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Eldora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eldora is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Goshen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Hesstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hesstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesstown
- Port Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Delmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Dorchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Mauricetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Laurel Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- South Vineland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Vineland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vineland
- Haleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Millville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
- Vineland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vineland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,615 people
- Port Norris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Gloucester County
- Victory Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Mystic Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic Island is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Island
- Holgate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holgate is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holgate
- Parkertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Parkertown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkertown
- North Beach Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Beach Haven is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach Haven
- West Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Creek is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek
- Eagleswood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleswood Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleswood Village
- Mayetta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Staffordville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Staffordville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordville
- Beach Haven West
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven West is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven West
- Manahawkin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Ocean Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean Acres is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Acres
- North Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Pleasant.
Cemeteries Near Mount Pleasant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant.
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 Mount Pleasant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Pleasant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Atlantic City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sholem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rodef Shalom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Emeth Shalom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oxford Circle Burial Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beth - Kehillah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (60 more) ...
- Friends Central Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Central Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friends Central Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bargaintown.
- The Friends Central Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friends Burying Ground
- Friends Meeting House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1592453 <1>
- Laurel Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Steelman Family Burial Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Mount Pleasant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Pleasant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
- Absecon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Absecon is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- Bargaintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bargaintown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargaintown
- Ventnor City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
- Linwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
- Pomona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Atlantic City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,569 people
- Oceanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oceanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
- Steelmanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steelmanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmanville
- Somers Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
- Brigantine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brigantine is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigantine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,577 people
- Leeds Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leeds Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Point
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- McKee City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKee City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee City
- Scullville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scullville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullville
- Germania
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Germania is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Pleasant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Pleasant.
Newspapers Published in Mount Pleasant ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pleasant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Pleasant.
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 Mount Pleasant:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Atlantic County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Cape May County
- Cumberland County
- Gloucester County
- Ocean County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Mount Pleasant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Mount Pleasant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |