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 Oakwood Beach (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 Oakwood Beach. 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 Oakwood Beach ...
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 Oakwood Beach: Oakwood Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Oakwood Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oakwood Beach.
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.
Oakwood Beach is located in Salem 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 Salem County: New Castle (DE), Cumberland & Gloucester.
Below are the counties that are near Oakwood Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakwood Beach:
- Salem County (The home county of Oakwood Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Pointers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pointers is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers
- Hancocks Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Acton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Acton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Quinton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quinton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Penton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Penton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Pennsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pennsville is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Alloway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Pecks Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Riddleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Riddleton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton
- Portertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Portertown is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown
- Carneys Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carneys Point is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Blackwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blackwood is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Brooklawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklawn is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
- Glendora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glendora is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Beals Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Beals Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Mill
- Bay Side
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Othello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Roadstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Greenwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- West Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Seabrook Farms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Seabrook Farms is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook Farms
- Bridgeton Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton Junction
- Bridgeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Fairton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Rosenhayn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rosenhayn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenhayn
- Cedarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Pleasantville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasantville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Avis Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills
- Beckett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beckett is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett
- Ferrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
- Bridgeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Cooper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Mullica Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mullica Hill is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullica Hill
- Gibbstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown
- Mickleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mickleton is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton
- Centre City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Centre City is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City
- Buckingham Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buckingham Village is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Village
- Mantua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mantua is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Sewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sewell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Oak Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Smyrna
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Spruance City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Spruance City is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruance City
- Burtonwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
- Clayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
- Leipsic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Blackiston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackiston is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
- Lakeshore Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
- Cheswold
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carlisle Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carlisle Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
- Bicentennial Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bicentennial Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicentennial Village
- Dinahs Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Port Penn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Georges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McDonough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Wilmington Manor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wilmington Manor is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Manor
- Bear
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centennial Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centennial Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Kirkwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Christiana Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Christiana Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana Village
- Keeney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keeney is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeney
- Raintree Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raintree Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Odessa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chester County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Strickersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Strickersville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville
- Brookfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brookfield is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Norway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Kemblesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kemblesville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville
- New Garden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Garden is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
- Hamorton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hamorton is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamorton
- Mendenhall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kennett Square
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Toughkenamon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lion
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Red Lion is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Avondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Baker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Delaware County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Boothwyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Creekside Village at Naamans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Linwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Marcus Hook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zebleys Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner
- Trainer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Trainer is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trainer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,823 people
- Chelsea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chelsea is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Garnet Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Upland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aston Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Aston Mills is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills
- Bridgewater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Brookhaven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia County (PA)
- Bartram Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakwood Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Oakwood Beach.
Cemeteries Near Oakwood Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakwood Beach.
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 Oakwood Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakwood Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baptist Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Salem.
- The Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641086 <2>
- Finns Point National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- First Presbyterian Churchyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old St. Paul's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lower Penns Neck Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Quohawking Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quohawking Presbyterian Cemetery
- The Quohawking Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Quohawking Presbyterian Cemetery
- Quihawken Presbyterian Cemetery
- Quohaken Presbyterian Cemetery
- Quohocking Presbyterian Cemetery
- Asbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- St. Georges Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glebe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cuff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuff Cemetery
- The Cuff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Canton Cemetery
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 Oakwood Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakwood Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakwood Beach, with the one closest to Oakwood Beach listed first.
- Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Port Penn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hancocks Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Delaware City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harmersville is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmersville
- Quinton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quinton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Acton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Acton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Pennsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pennsville is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Penton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Penton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Reybold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reybold is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reybold
- New Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Corbit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Corbit is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbit
- Saint Georges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McDonough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakwood Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakwood Beach.
Newspapers Published in Oakwood Beach ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakwood Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakwood Beach, 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 Oakwood Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Oakwood Beach:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Salem County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Cumberland County
- Gloucester County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Chester County
- Delaware County
- Philadelphia 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 Oakwood Beach, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakwood Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |