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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 Newport Landing (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 Newport Landing. 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 Newport Landing ...
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 Newport Landing: Newport Lndg. (or less commonly used: Newport Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Newport Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Newport Landing.
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 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.
Newport Landing 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 Newport Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newport Landing:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Newport Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Cedarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Turkey Point Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Paynters Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Dividing Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Fairton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Haleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Laurel Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
- Port Norris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Bridgeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Bivalve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Mauricetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Greenwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Warners Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Warners Mill is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners Mill
- Milmay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Milmay is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
- Dorothy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Corbin City
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 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
- Mizpah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mizpah is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
- Gigantic City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
- Estellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Estellville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estellville
- Clarkstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
- Collings Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes
- Mays Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
- Weymouth
(27 miles [43.5 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 Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Eldora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eldora is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Belleplain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Belleplain is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleplain
- Dennisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- South Dennis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Steelmantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
- Goshen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Norburys Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Del Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Villas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Villas is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Tuckahoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Green Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Avis Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills
- Ferrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
- Star Cross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
- Victory Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Downer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Downer is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Salem County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Norma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Norma is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Alliance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alliance is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Olivet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- 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
- Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Pecks Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Friesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Friesburg is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Aldine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aldine is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Shirley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Alloway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Hancocks Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Quinton
(21 miles [33.8 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 Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Little Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Independence Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Bowers
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bicentennial Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bicentennial Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicentennial Village
- Highland Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Acres
- Kent Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Acres is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Acres
- Rodric Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rodric Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodric Village
- Burtonwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
- Camden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carlisle Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Deakyneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Port Penn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blackbird
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- McDonough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Odessa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delaware City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vandyke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Saint Georges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Slaughter Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Argo Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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 Newport Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Newport Landing.
Cemeteries Near Newport Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newport Landing.
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 Newport Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newport Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Swing Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bridgeton.
- The Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969053 <2>
- Overlook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carmel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich Friends Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Laurel Lawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (102 more) ...
- Fernwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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>
While we didn't find Newport Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newport Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newport Landing, with the one closest to Newport Landing listed first.
- Newport
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Cedarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Dividing Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Dividing Creek Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Mauricetown Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mauricetown Station is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown Station
- Bridgeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Bivalve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Maurice River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maurice River is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice River
- Port Norris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Haleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Gouldtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gouldtown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouldtown
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bowentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bowentown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowentown
- Mauricetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Millville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Newport Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newport Landing.
Newspapers Published in Newport Landing ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newport Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newport Landing, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newport Landing.
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 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 Newport Landing:
- 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> | 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 Newport Landing, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newport Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |