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 Mercer (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 Mercer. 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 Mercer ...
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 Port Mercer: Prt. Mercer
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 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.
Port Mercer 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 Port Mercer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Port Mercer:
- Mercer County (The home county of Port Mercer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Princessville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
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- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
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- Princeton Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
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- Mercerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
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- Rosemont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
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- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
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- Eldridge Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge Park 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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- Warner Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
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- Parkway Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
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- Trenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Ewing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ewing is located in Mercer County
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- West Trenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Trenton is located in Mercer County
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- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Bordentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bordentown is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
- Kinkora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kinkora is located in Burlington County
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- Ellisdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
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- Florence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Florence is located in Burlington County
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- Roebling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roebling is located in Burlington County
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- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Burlington County
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- Jacobstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
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- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
- Chambers Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
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- Fort Dix
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
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- Juliustown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Juliustown is located in Burlington County
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- Beverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Burlington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Willingboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willingboro is located in Burlington County
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- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Delair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delair is located in Camden County
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- Cherry Hill Mall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County
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- Colwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colwick is located in Camden County
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- Hunterdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Linvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Linvale is located in Hunterdon County
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- Rileyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rileyville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Snydertown
(10 miles [16.1 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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- 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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- Lambertville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
- Copper Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County
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- Sand Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Brook is located in Hunterdon County
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- Sergeantsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sergeantsville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Flemington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington is located in Hunterdon County
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- Prallsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prallsville is located in Hunterdon County
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- Pleasant Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County
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- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Plainsboro Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
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- Plainsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
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- Princeton Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
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- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Middlesex County
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- Heathcote
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heathcote is located in Middlesex County
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- Monmouth Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth Junction is located in Middlesex County
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- Cranbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
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- Cranbury Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
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- Dayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Middlesex County
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- Kendall Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Clearbrook Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Rossmoor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
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- Concordia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Concordia is located in Middlesex County
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- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Monmouth County
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- Polhemustown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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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- Manalapan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Manalapan 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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- Tennent
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tennent is located in Monmouth County
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- Yorketown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Yorketown is located in Monmouth County
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- West Freehold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Freehold is located in Monmouth County
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- Freehold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Freehold is located in Monmouth County
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- East Freehold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Freehold is located in Monmouth County
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- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- New Egypt
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vista Center is located in Ocean County
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- Van Hiseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
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- Bennetts Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bennetts Mills 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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- Whitesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
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- Cedar Glen Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
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- Lakewood
(28 miles [45.1 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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- Crestwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
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- Roosevelt City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roosevelt City 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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- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Skillman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Skillman is located in Somerset County
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- Harlingen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harlingen is located in Somerset County
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- Blackwells Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County
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- Woodfern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Woodfern is located in Somerset County
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- Middlebush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebush is located in Somerset County
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- Somerset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset is located in Somerset County
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- Ukrainian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County
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- Finderne
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Finderne is located in Somerset County
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- Somerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Somerville is located in Somerset County
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- Bound Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bound Brook is located in Somerset County
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- North Branch Depot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Branch Depot is located in Somerset County
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- Bedminster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bedminster is located in Somerset County
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- Smalleytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smalleytown is located in Somerset County
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- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Plainfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
- Berkeley Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley Heights is located in Union County
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- Scotch Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scotch Plains is located in Union County
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- Benders Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benders Corner is located in Union County
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- Clark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Union County
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- Perth Amboy Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rahway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rahway is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
- Feltville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Feltville is located in Union County
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- Westfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
- Richmond County (NY)
- Tottenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tottenville is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Bucks County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Morrisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yardley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thornridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Wheat Sheaf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Woodside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Dunlap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Fairless Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Levittown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Tullytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tullytown is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- Woodbourne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbourne is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Newtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Edgely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edgely is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Montgomery County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Shoemak Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shoemak Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Shoemaker Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shoemaker Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Bryn Athyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Clearbrook Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clearbrook Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Hatboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Heaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Meadowbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Blair Mill Village East
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blair Mill Village East is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Blair Mill Village West
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blair Mill Village West is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Horsham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Meetinghouse Village
(24 miles [38.6 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 Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Morrell Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morrell Park is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Bustleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bustleton is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Pennypack Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Tacony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tacony is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Wissinoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wissinoming is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Frankford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frankford is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Oxford Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Village is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Crescentville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crescentville is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Fern Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Lawton Station ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton Station is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- McCartersville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCartersville is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Milestown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milestown is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Port Mercer, see our County-by-County Page for Port Mercer.
Cemeteries Near Port Mercer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Mercer.
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 Mercer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Port Mercer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Morris Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Hedwigs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Lawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Trenton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100006 <2>
- Ewing Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- State Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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- Kingston Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Vladimir's Orthodox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vladimir's Orthodox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vladimir's Orthodox Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Trenton.
- The St. Vladimir's Orthodox Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Vladimir Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2134620 <2>
- 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.<3>
While we didn't find Port Mercer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Port Mercer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Port Mercer, with the one closest to Port Mercer listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Princeton Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction
- Mercerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville
- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Dutch Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dutch Neck is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Neck
- Ewingville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ewingville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewingville
- Hamilton Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Square is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Square
- Plainsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro
- Schalks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schalks is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schalks
- Mount Rose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Rose is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rose
- Ewing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ewing is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Hillcrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
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- Trenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Port Mercer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Mercer.
Newspapers Published in Port Mercer ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Mercer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Mercer, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Port Mercer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Mercer:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Hunterdon County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Ocean County
- Somerset County
- Union County
- Richmond County
- Bucks County
- Montgomery County
- Philadelphia 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 Port Mercer, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Port Mercer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |