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 Penns Neck (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 Penns Neck. 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 Penns Neck ...
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.
While the name of this community is Penns Neck, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Penns Neck may originally have been Penn's Neck.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Penns Neck might be written as Penn Neck.
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.
Penns Neck is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Burlington, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset & Bucks (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Penns Neck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Penns Neck:
- Mercer County (The home county of Penns Neck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Princeton Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
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- Princessville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
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- Mount Rose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Rose is located in Mercer County
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- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
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- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
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- Mercerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
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- Eldridge Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County
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- Rosemont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
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- Warner Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
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- Ewing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing is located in Mercer County
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- Parkway Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
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- Trenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Bordentown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bordentown is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
- Ellisdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
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- Kinkora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kinkora is located in Burlington County
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- Jacobstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
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- Florence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Florence is located in Burlington County
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- Roebling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roebling is located in Burlington County
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- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Burlington County
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- Fort Dix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
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- Burlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
- Chambers Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
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- Juliustown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Juliustown is located in Burlington County
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- Beverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Hunterdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Rileyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rileyville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Snydertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snydertown is located in Hunterdon County
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- Wertsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wertsville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Linvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Linvale is located in Hunterdon County
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- Larisons Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Larisons Corners is located in Hunterdon County
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- Reaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reaville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Copper Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County
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- Lambertville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
- Flemington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington is located in Hunterdon County
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- Pleasant Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County
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- Sand Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Brook is located in Hunterdon County
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- Sergeantsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sergeantsville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Plainsboro Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
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- Plainsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
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- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Middlesex County
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- Princeton Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
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- Heathcote
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Heathcote is located in Middlesex County
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- Monmouth Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth Junction is located in Middlesex County
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- Cranbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
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- Dayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Middlesex County
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- Kendall Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Cranbury Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
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- Rossmoor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
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- Clearbrook Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Monmouth County
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- Manalapan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Manalapan is located in Monmouth County
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- Polhemustown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
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- Imlaystown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
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- Walnford ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Walnford is located in Monmouth County
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- Cream Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
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- Yorketown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yorketown is located in Monmouth County
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- Tennent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tennent is located in Monmouth County
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- Hornerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
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- Prospertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
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- West Freehold
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
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- Freehold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Freehold is located in Monmouth County
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- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Green Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Green Village is located in Morris County
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- Crestmoore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Crestmoore is located in Morris County
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- Hacklebarney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hacklebarney is located in Morris County
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- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- New Egypt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Egypt is located in Ocean County
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- Colliers Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
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- Vista Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vista Center is located in Ocean County
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- Van Hiseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
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- Bennetts Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
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- Whitesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
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- Cedar Glen West
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
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- Lakewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
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- Leisure Knoll
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
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- Cedar Glen Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
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- Whiting
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
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- Crestwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
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- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Skillman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Skillman is located in Somerset County
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- Harlingen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harlingen is located in Somerset County
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- Blackwells Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County
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- Middlebush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebush is located in Somerset County
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- Somerset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset is located in Somerset County
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- Woodfern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodfern is located in Somerset County
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- Ukrainian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County
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- Bound Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bound Brook is located in Somerset County
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- Finderne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Finderne is located in Somerset County
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- Somerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Somerville is located in Somerset County
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- North Branch Depot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Branch Depot is located in Somerset County
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- Smalleytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Smalleytown is located in Somerset County
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- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Plainfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
- Berkeley Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley Heights is located in Union County
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- Scotch Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scotch Plains is located in Union County
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- Benders Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benders Corner is located in Union County
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- Clark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Union County
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- Perth Amboy Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rahway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rahway is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
- Feltville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Feltville is located in Union County
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- Westfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
- Cranford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cranford is located in Union County
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- Linden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
- Park Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park Village is located in Union County
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- Richmond County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Tottenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tottenville is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Annadale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Annadale is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Great Kills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Great Kills is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
- Heartland Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Bucks County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Morrisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yardley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thornridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Wheat Sheaf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Woodside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Dunlap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Fairless Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Levittown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Tullytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tullytown is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- Woodbourne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbourne is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- New Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Shoemak Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shoemak Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Shoemaker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shoemaker Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Bryn Athyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Clearbrook Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clearbrook Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Village
- Blair Mill Village West
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blair Mill Village West is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Hatboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Meadowbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Blair Mill Village East
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blair Mill Village East is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Meetinghouse Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Meetinghouse Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Philadelphia County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Morrell Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morrell Park is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Bustleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bustleton is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Pennypack Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Tacony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tacony is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Penns Neck, see our County-by-County Page for Penns Neck.
Cemeteries Near Penns Neck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Penns Neck.
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 Penns Neck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Penns Neck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Princeton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kingston Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ten Mile Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Morris Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brainerd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd Cemetery
- The Brainerd Cemetery has also been known as:
- First presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977947 <3>
- Westminster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blawenburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beekman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Hedwigs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Lawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stoutsburg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stoutsburg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Penns Neck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Penns Neck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Penns Neck, with the one closest to Penns Neck listed first.
- Princeton Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction
- Plainsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro
- Schalks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Schalks is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schalks
- Dutch Neck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dutch Neck is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Neck
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
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- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
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- Mount Rose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Rose is located in Mercer County
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- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Mercer County
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- Cranbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
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- Blawenburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blawenburg is located in Somerset County
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- Stoutsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stoutsburg is located in Mercer County
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- Mercerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
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- Hamilton Square
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Square is located in Mercer County
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- Dayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Middlesex County
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We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Penns Neck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Penns Neck.
Newspapers Published in Penns Neck ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Penns Neck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Penns Neck, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Penns Neck.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Penns Neck:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Hunterdon County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Morris County
- Ocean County
- Somerset County
- Union County
- Richmond County
- Bucks County
- Montgomery County
- Philadelphia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Penns Neck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Penns Neck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |