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 Pine Island (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 Pine Island. 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 Pine Island ...
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 Pine Island: Pine Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Island. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Island.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Pine Island 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 Pine Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Island:
- Salem County (The home county of Pine Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Island, with the one closest to Pine Island listed first.
- Canton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hancocks Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Pecks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Quinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Quinton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Alloway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Acton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Penton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Penton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Friesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friesburg is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Pointers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pointers is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers
- Riddleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Riddleton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton
- Portertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Portertown is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown
- Aldine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aldine is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Atlantic County
- Milmay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Milmay is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Island, with the one closest to Pine Island listed first.
- Bay Side
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Othello
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Roadstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Bridgeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Bridgeton Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bridgeton Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton Junction
- Fairton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Beals Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beals Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Mill
- West Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Seabrook Farms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seabrook Farms is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook Farms
- Cedarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Rosenhayn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rosenhayn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenhayn
- Paynters Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Island, with the one closest to Pine Island listed first.
- Avis Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills
- Ferrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
- Beckett
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beckett is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett
- Mullica Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mullica Hill is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullica Hill
- Bridgeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Cooper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Star Cross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
- Mickleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mickleton is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton
- Centre City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centre City is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City
- Downer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Downer is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Gibbstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown
- Buckingham Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buckingham Village is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Village
- Sewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sewell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Island, with the one closest to Pine Island listed first.
- Smyrna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Burtonwood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
- Spruance City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spruance City is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruance City
- Sunnyside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeshore Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
- Cheswold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Independence Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Little Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blackiston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackiston is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
- Bicentennial Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bicentennial Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicentennial Village
- Carlisle Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Island, with the one closest to Pine Island listed first.
- Deakyneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Port Penn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blackbird
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- McDonough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Odessa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Delaware City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Townsend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Georges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kirkwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
- Vandyke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Chester County (PA)
- Strickersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Strickersville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville
- Delaware County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Island, with the one closest to Pine Island listed first.
- Marcus Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boothwyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Creekside Village at Naamans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Linwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Trainer
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Zebleys Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Bridgewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Chelsea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chelsea is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Eddystone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Garnet Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Parkside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Parkside is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Island, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Island.
Cemeteries Near Pine Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Island.
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 Pine Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Island, with the one closest to Pine Island listed first.
- Cuff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuff Cemetery
- The Cuff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Canton Cemetery
- Greenwich Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Baptist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Overlook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bridgeton.
- The Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969053 <2>
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Swing Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Laurel Lawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (122 more) ...
- Alloway Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St. Peter's Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Pine Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Island, with the one closest to Pine Island listed first.
- Bay Side
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Canton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Sheppards Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sheppards Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards Mill
- Roadstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Harmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harmersville is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmersville
- Hancocks Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Deakyneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Bowentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bowentown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowentown
- Quinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Quinton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Seeley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seeley is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Cohansey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cohansey is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohansey
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Bridgeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Alloway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Island.
Newspapers Published in Pine Island ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Island, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Island.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pine Island:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Salem County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Cumberland County
- Gloucester County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Chester County
- Delaware 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 Pine Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |