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 Lake Park (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 Lake Park. 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 Lake Park ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Lake Park: Pine Lk. Park
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 northwest 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 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 west 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 Lake Park is located in Ocean 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 Ocean County: Atlantic, Burlington & Monmouth.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Lake Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Lake Park:
- Ocean County (The home county of Pine Lake Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Lake Park, with the one closest to Pine Lake Park listed first.
- Glen Cedar City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
- Leisure Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
- Cedar Glen West
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen West
- Holiday Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Silver Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Holiday City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holiday City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Whitesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Toms River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Pine Ridge at Crestwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leisure Village East
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Silverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Silverton is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Crestwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood Village
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Lake Park, with the one closest to Pine Lake Park listed first.
- Country Lake Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Browns Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Jacobstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ellisdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisdale
- Chatsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Fort Dix
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
- Juliustown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Juliustown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliustown
- Sooy Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
- Speedwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Pemberton Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
- Bordentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bordentown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordentown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Lake Park, with the one closest to Pine Lake Park listed first.
- Twin Rivers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Edinburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- White Horse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Mercerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville
- Princeton Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction
- Rosemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Warner Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Lake Park, with the one closest to Pine Lake Park listed first.
- Clearbrook Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
- Concordia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Concordia is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Moerls Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moerls Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moerls Corner
- Cranbury Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Station
- Whittingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whittingham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittingham
- Cranbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury
- Rossmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
- Jamesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Brownville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brownville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
- Princeton Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Meadows
- Old Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Old Bridge is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bridge
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Lake Park, with the one closest to Pine Lake Park listed first.
- Ramtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
- Maxim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Maxim is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Allaire Village ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
- Allaire Village has also been known as:
- Allaire
- Allenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
- Squankum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Squankum is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
- Ardena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ardena is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- Prospertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Hornerstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
- West Freehold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freehold
- West Belmar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Belmar is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Belmar
- Cream Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Belmar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmar is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
- Bucks County (PA)
- Wheat Sheaf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sheaf
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Lake Park, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Lake Park.
Cemeteries Near Pine Lake Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Lake Park.
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 Lake Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Lake Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Lake Park, with the one closest to Pine Lake Park listed first.
- Toms River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- B'nai Israel Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Maximillian Kolbe RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Of The Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old St. John's Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whitesville Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean County Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Silverton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (120 more) ...
- Olam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Pine Lake Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Lake Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Lake Park, with the one closest to Pine Lake Park listed first.
- Whitesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Toms River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Silverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Silverton is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Lakewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Bayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bayville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Osbornsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Osbornsville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornsville
- Van Hiseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
- Bennetts Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mills
- Southard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Southard is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southard
- Cassville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cassville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Chadwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chadwick is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Herbertsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
- Buckingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Lake Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Lake Park.
Newspapers Published in Pine Lake Park ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Lake Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Lake Park, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Lake Park.
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 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 Lake Park:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Ocean County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Bucks 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Lake Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lake Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |