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 Port Johnson (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 Port Johnson. 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 Port Johnson ...
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 Port Johnson: Prt. Johnson
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 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.
Port Johnson is located in Hudson 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 Hudson County : Bergen , Essex , Union , Kings (NY) , New York (NY) & Richmond (NY) .
Below are the counties that are near Port Johnson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Port Johnson:
Hudson County (The home county of Port Johnson)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Bayonne (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Communipaw (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Bergen (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Jersey City (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Harrison (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Harrison is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Hoboken (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Kearny (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Kearny is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Weehawken (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Secaucus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Union City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Union City is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
West New York (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
West New York is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
Guttenberg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
North Bergen (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
North Arlington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
North Arlington is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arlington Lyndhurst (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst Borough of Wood-Ridge (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
Ridgefield Park (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Garfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Garfield is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Fort Lee (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Hackensack (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Linwood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Linwood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Rochelle Park (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Saddle Brook (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook Teaneck (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck Warren Point (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Warren Point is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Point Englewood (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Englewood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Newark (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Newark is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
Irvington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Irvington is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington Belleville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Belleville is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville East Orange (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
East Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Elm Park Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Maplewood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Maplewood is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood South Orange (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
South Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orange Orange (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bloomfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Nutley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Nutley is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley Millburn (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Millburn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn West Orange (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
West Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Orange Brookdale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Brookdale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Port Reading (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Port Reading is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Reading Avenel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Boynton Beach (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Edgar (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Sewaren (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Sewaren is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewaren Woodbridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Woodbridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge Colonia (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia Hopelawn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn Iselin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Iselin is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iselin Perth Amboy (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 51,309 people
Fords (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Fords is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Menlo Park (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Menlo Park is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Park Potters (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Potters is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Monmouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
North Middletown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Belford (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Belford is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Cliffwood Beach (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Cliffwood Beach is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Beach Port Monmouth (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Hazlet (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Hazlet is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlet Leonardo (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo New Monmouth (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Cliffwood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Cliffwood is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Chapel Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Navesink (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Navesink is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Strathmore (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Strathmore is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmore Waterwitch (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch Fairview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Fairview is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Rosedale Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village East Hanover (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
East Hanover is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Hanover Neck (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck Yardley Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Yardley Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village Green Village (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Green Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Whippany (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Whippany is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippany Troy Hills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Troy Hills is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Hills Morristown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Morristown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
Morristown has also been known as:
New Hanover West Hanover Littleton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Littleton is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Montville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Montville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville Boonton (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Boonton is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,878 people
Powerville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Powerville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville Tabor (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Tabor is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Delawanna (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Clifton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Clifton is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Passaic (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Passaic is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Athenia (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Athenia is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Little Falls (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Borough of Woodland Park (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Singac (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Paterson (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Paterson is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Preakness (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Wayne (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Haskell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Macopin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin Somerset County
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Union Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Union Village is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Smalleytown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Smalleytown is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalleytown Somerset (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Somerset is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Ukrainian Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukrainian Village Bound Brook (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Bound Brook is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bound Brook Middlebush (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Middlebush is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush Finderne (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Finderne is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finderne Blackwells Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells Mills Somerville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Somerville is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Bedminster (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Bedminster is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedminster Gladstone (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Gladstone is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone North Branch Depot (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
North Branch Depot is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch Depot Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Elizabeth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Elizabeth is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Elmora (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Elmora is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Hillside (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Hillside is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Tremley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Tremley is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Linden (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Linden is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Union (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Union is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Perth Amboy Junction (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Cranford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Cranford is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Park Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Park Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Rahway (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Rahway is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
Clark (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Clark is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Springfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Springfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Westfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Westfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Concourse Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Bronx (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Bronx is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
Bronx has also been known as:
Bronx Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <1>
Fordham (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Kings Bridge (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Locust Point (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Spuyten Duyvil (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Throggs Neck (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Riverdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Williams Bridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge City Island (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
City Island is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Eastchester (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Kings County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Bay Ridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Bay Ridge is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Ridge Red Hook (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Red Hook is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook Dyker Heights (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Dyker Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyker Heights Fort Hamilton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Fort Hamilton is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hamilton Bath Beach (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Bath Beach is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach Bensonhurst (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Bensonhurst is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensonhurst Brooklyn Heights (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights New York (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
New York is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
Flatbush (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Flatbush is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Coney Island (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Coney Island is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island Gravesend (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Gravesend is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Brooklyn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Brighton Beach (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach Nassau County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Inwood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Atlantic Beach (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bellerose Terrace (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bellerose Terrace is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellerose Terrace Cedarhurst (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
South Valley Stream (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
South Valley Stream is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley Stream Bellerose (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Elmont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hewlett Neck (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hewlett Neck is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett Neck Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
Hewlett (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lawrence (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lawrence is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 6,535 people
East Atlantic Beach (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
East Atlantic Beach is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlantic Beach Great Neck Estates (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Great Neck Estates is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 2,867 people
Harbor Hills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Fort Jay (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Fort Jay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jay Governors Island (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Governors Island is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Island Battery Park City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Battery Park City is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City Knickerbocker Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Knickerbocker Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knickerbocker Village East Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
East Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Greenwich Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village University Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
University Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village Washington Square Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Kips Bay (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Kips Bay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Peter Cooper Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village Stuyvesant Town (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town Hell's Kitchen (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Manhattan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Manhattan is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Queens County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Long Island City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Ridgewood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Sunnyside (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Breezy Point (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Fresh Pond (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Fresh Pond is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Glendale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Glendale is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Astoria (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Maspeth (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Woodside (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Middle Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Elmhurst (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Forest Hills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Corona (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Richmond County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
New Brighton (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Port Richmond (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Westerleigh (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Stapleton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Arlington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Arlington is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Staten Island (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Graniteville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Grant City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Grant City is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Old Town Station (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station Fort Wadsworth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth Bloomfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bloomfield is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
Heartland Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Oakwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Oakwood is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Palisades (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Sparkill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Tappan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Orangeburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Pearl River (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Piermont (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Blauvelt (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Chestnut Ridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Airmont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Airmont is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airmont Population from the 2020 Census: 8,767 people
Grand View-on-Hudson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Grand View-on-Hudson is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View-on-Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
Nanuet (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Eastchester (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Yonkers (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Yonkers is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <1>
Mount Vernon (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Pelham Manor (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Pelham (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Pelham is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 6,917 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Bronxville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Bryn Mawr Park (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Nepperhan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan New Rochelle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Tuckahoe (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hastings-on-Hudson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Larchmont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Mount Hope (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Mount Hope is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Port Johnson, see our County-by-County Page for Port Johnson .
Cemeteries Near Port Johnson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Johnson.
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 Port Johnson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Port Johnson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Staten Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Fountain Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Constable Hook Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Sailors Snug Harbor Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Baron Hirsch Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lake Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Fairview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Peters Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Woodland Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Silver Lake Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Silver Mount Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Merrill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (469 more) ...
Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Vanderbilt Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Moravian Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Port Johnson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Port Johnson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Port Johnson, with the one closest to Port Johnson listed first.
Bergen Point (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Bergen Point is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Point Port Richmond (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond West New Brighton (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West New Brighton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Brighton Tompkinsville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Tompkinsville is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville New Brighton (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Saint George (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Saint George is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George Bayonne (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Mariners Harbor (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mariners Harbor is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Harbor Arlington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Arlington is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Elm Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Elm Park is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Stapleton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton Grasmere (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Grasmere is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere Continue List (15 more) ...
Clifton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Clifton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Rosebank (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Rosebank is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank Elizabethport (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Elizabethport is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Port Johnson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Johnson .
Newspapers Published in Port Johnson ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Johnson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Johnson, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Port Johnson.
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 Port Johnson:
Websites specific to New Jersey Pages specific to Hudson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bergen County Essex County Middlesex County Monmouth County Morris County Passaic County Somerset County Union County Bronx County Kings County Nassau County New York County Queens County Richmond County Rockland County Westchester County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Johnson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Hudson County: https://www.hcnj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Port Johnson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Port Johnson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.