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 Papakating (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 Papakating. 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.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Papakating is located in Sussex 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 Sussex County : Morris , Passaic , Warren , Orange (NY) , Monroe (PA) & Pike (PA) .
Below are the counties that are near Papakating. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Papakating:
Sussex County (The home county of Papakating)
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
McCoys Corner (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner Hardistonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hardistonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville Beaver Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Beaver Run is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run Roys (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Roys is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Libertyville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Libertyville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville Pellettown (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Pellettown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Wykertown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Wykertown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown Highland Lake (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Highland Lake is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake Vernon Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley Colesville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Colesville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville Armstrong (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Armstrong is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Augusta (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Augusta is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Campgaw (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Campgaw is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw Mahwah (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Mahwah is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah Ackermans Mills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills Wyckoff (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Wyckoff is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff Wortendyke (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Wortendyke is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortendyke Ho-Ho-Kus (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus Ridgewood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Ridgewood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people
Radburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Radburn is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radburn Park Ridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Park Ridge is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Fairfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield West Caldwell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
West Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Caldwell Caldwell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Meadow Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Meadow Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village Cedar Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Borough of Essex Fells (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
Essex Fells (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
Livingston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Livingston is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Montclair Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Newfoundland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Newfoundland is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland Weldon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Weldon is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Woodport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Woodport is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport Hurdtown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Hurdtown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown Lake Telemark (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Lake Telemark is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark Hibernia (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hibernia is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia Hilltown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hilltown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown Butler (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Butler is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Lyonsville (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lyonsville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville White Meadow Lake (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
White Meadow Lake is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Meadow Lake Powerville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Powerville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville Taylortown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Taylortown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
West Milford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
West Milford is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford Macopin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin Haskell (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Wayne (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Preakness (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Singac (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Little Falls (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Paterson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Paterson is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Borough of Woodland Park (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
The Village at Little Falls (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Millbrook ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Millbrook is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Allamuchy - Panther Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Paulina (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Paulina is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina Blairstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Blairstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Hackettstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hackettstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Hope (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hope is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Vail (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Vail is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Vienna (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Vienna is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Mount Hermon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Mount Hermon is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon Beattystown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Beattystown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattystown Hainesburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Hainesburg is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Unionville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Amity (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Newport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Newport is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Pine Island (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Pine Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Edenville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Edenville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville Warwick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Big Island (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Big Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island Homestead Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Homestead Village is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village South Centerville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
South Centerville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville Port Jervis (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Sterling Forest (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Shin Hollow (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Shin Hollow is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Hollow Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Sloatsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Hillburn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Ramapo (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Ramapo is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo Suffern (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Montebello (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Montebello is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
Airmont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Airmont is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airmont Population from the 2020 Census: 8,767 people
Tallman (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Viola (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Viola is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Wesley Hills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
Kaser (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Kaser is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaser Population from the 2020 Census: 5,439 people
Monsey (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Pomona (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Sullivan County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Pond Eddy (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Barryville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Bloomingburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Wurtsboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Yankee Lake (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake Eldred (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Yulan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Rock Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Squirrels Corners (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners Summitville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Monroe County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Bushkill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Shoemakers (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Shoemakers is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers Coolbaugh (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh Pike County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Matamoras (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Milford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Conashaugh (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh Millrift (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Millrift is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift Delaware (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Delaware is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Egypt Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Egypt Mills is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills Parkers Glen (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen Lords Valley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lackawaxen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Rowland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Westcolang (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Westcolang is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Papakating, see our County-by-County Page for Papakating .
Cemeteries Near Papakating ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Papakating.
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 Papakating - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Papakating covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Deckertown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Fairview Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Clove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Wantage Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Hardyston Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Immaculate Conception Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Glenwood Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
St. Thomas Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Canistear Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Unionville Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Branchville Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (198 more) ...
Vaughn Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Holland Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
St. Stanislaus Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Papakating had a population of 30 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Papakating, with the one closest to Papakating listed first.
Martins (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Martins is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Lewisburg (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Lewisburg is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg McAfee (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
McAfee is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAfee Roys (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Roys is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Beaver Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Beaver Run is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run Hardistonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hardistonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville Quarryville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Quarryville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Libertyville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Libertyville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville Wykertown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Wykertown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown Pellettown (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Pellettown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Monroe (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Monroe is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Vernon is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Continue List (14 more) ...
Beemerville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Beemerville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beemerville Armstrong (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Armstrong is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Plains (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Plains is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Papakating. See our List of 1890's Communities around Papakating .
Newspapers Published in Papakating ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Papakating.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Papakating, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Papakating.
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 Papakating:
Websites specific to New Jersey Pages specific to Sussex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bergen County Essex County Morris County Passaic County Warren County Orange County Rockland County Sullivan County Monroe County Pike County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Papakating. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Sussex County: https://sussex.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Papakating, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Papakating) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.