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 Penn Place (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 Penn Place. 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 Penn Place ...
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 Penn Place: Penn Pl. (or less commonly used: Penn Plc.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Penn Place is located in Burlington 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 Burlington County: Atlantic, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Bucks (PA) & Philadelphia (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Penn Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Penn Place:
- Burlington County (The home county of Penn Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penn Place, with the one closest to Penn Place listed first.
- Speedwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Chatsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Wading River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
- New Gretna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Gretna is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
- Green Bank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Bank is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
- Batsto Village ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Batsto Village is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batsto Village
- Batsto Village has also been known as:
- Batsto
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sooy Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
- Atsion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Atsion is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atsion
- Country Lake Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Fox Chase
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Chase is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penn Place, with the one closest to Penn Place listed first.
- Sweetwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Weekstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weekstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weekstown
- Nesco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nesco is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesco
- Port Republic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Egg Harbor City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
- Oceanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oceanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
- Da Costa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Da Costa is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Da Costa
- Pomona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Atlantic County
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- Hammonton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hammonton is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
- Absecon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Absecon is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- McKee City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McKee City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee City
- Weymouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weymouth is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penn Place, with the one closest to Penn Place listed first.
- Ancora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ancora is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancora
- Waterford Works
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Waterford Works is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Works
- Waterford Works has also been known as:
- Waterford
- Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Atco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Atco is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atco
- Florence
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Florence is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Tansboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tansboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tansboro
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Kresson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kresson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kresson
- Penbryn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Penbryn is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbryn
- Andrews
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Andrews is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Sicklerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sicklerville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicklerville
- Greentree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greentree is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penn Place, with the one closest to Penn Place listed first.
- Victory Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Star Cross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penn Place, with the one closest to Penn Place listed first.
- Hornerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
- Prospertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Cream Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Walnford ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Walnford is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnford
- Polhemustown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polhemustown
- Imlaystown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penn Place, with the one closest to Penn Place listed first.
- Ocean Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ocean Acres is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Acres
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Manahawkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Eagleswood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleswood Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleswood Village
- Mayetta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Parkertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkertown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkertown
- Staffordville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Staffordville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordville
- West Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Creek is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek
- Beach Haven West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven West is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven West
- Mystic Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mystic Island is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Island
- Cedar Glen Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Penn Place, see our County-by-County Page for Penn Place.
Cemeteries Near Penn Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Penn Place.
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 Penn Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Penn Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Penn Place, with the one closest to Penn Place listed first.
- Chatsworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reevestown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leek - McKeen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Old Methodist Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Staffordville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manahawkin Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Lisbon Developmental Center Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (97 more) ...
- Masonic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Friends Meeting Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Penn Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Penn Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Penn Place, with the one closest to Penn Place listed first.
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Wading River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
- Woodmansie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woodmansie is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmansie
- Green Bank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Bank is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
- Lower Bank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Bank is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bank
- New Gretna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Gretna is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Batsto Village ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Batsto Village is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batsto Village
- Batsto Village has also been known as:
- Batsto
- West Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Creek is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek
- Staffordville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Staffordville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordville
- Mayetta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Cedar Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Run is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Manahawkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Pleasant Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mills is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mills
- Beach View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beach View is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach View
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Penn Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Penn Place.
Newspapers Published in Penn Place ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Penn Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Penn Place, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Penn Place.
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 helpful 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 Penn Place:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Burlington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Camden County
- Gloucester County
- Monmouth 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 Penn Place, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Penn Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |