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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 Retreat (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 Retreat. 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.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Retreat is located in Burlington 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 Burlington County: Atlantic, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Bucks (PA) & Philadelphia (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Retreat. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Retreat:
- Burlington County (The home county of Retreat)
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Pemberton Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
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- Moores Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Moores Mill is located in Burlington County
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- Moores Mill has also been known as:
- Moores Meadows
- Fox Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fox Chase is located in Burlington County
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- Sooy Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
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- Mount Holly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Burlington County
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- Oakwood Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Lakes is located in Burlington County
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- Presidential Lakes Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chambers Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
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- Juliustown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Juliustown is located in Burlington County
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- Browns Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
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- Hainesport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hainesport is located in Burlington County
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- Country Lake Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
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- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Hammonton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hammonton is located in Atlantic County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
- Nesco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nesco is located in Atlantic County
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- Da Costa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Da Costa is located in Atlantic County
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- Sweetwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
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- Collings Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County
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- Weekstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Weekstown is located in Atlantic County
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- Egg Harbor City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
- Weymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weymouth is located in Atlantic County
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- Gigantic City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
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- Port Republic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Mizpah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mizpah is located in Atlantic County
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- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Kresson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kresson is located in Camden County
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- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Camden County
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- Greentree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greentree is located in Camden County
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- Atco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atco is located in Camden County
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- Springdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Camden County
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- Tansboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tansboro is located in Camden County
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- Albion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Camden County
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- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Camden County
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- Barclay - Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Barclay - Kingston is located in Camden County
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- Cherry Hill Mall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County
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- Echelon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Echelon is located in Camden County
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- Ellisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ellisburg is located in Camden County
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- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Turnersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersville is located in Gloucester County
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- Garden City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City is located in Gloucester County
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- Williamstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Gloucester County
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- Almonesson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Almonesson is located in Gloucester County
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- Cooper Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cooper Village is located in Gloucester County
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- North Woodbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County
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- Westcotville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westcotville is located in Gloucester County
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- Downer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Downer is located in Gloucester County
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- Salina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Salina is located in Gloucester County
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- Victory Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
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- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodbury is located in Gloucester County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
- Buckingham Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham Village is located in Gloucester County
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- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- White Horse
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
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- Trenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Trenton is located in Mercer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
- Warner Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Warner Village is located in Mercer County
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- Mercerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mercerville is located in Mercer County
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- Rosemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rosemont is located in Mercer County
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- Edinburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
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- Eldridge Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County
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- Ewing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ewing is located in Mercer County
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- Parkway Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
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- West Trenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Trenton is located in Mercer County
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- Princessville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
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- Somerset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Somerset is located in Mercer County
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- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Cranbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
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- Plainsboro Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
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- Plainsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
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- Princeton Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
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- Cranbury Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
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- Clearbrook Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Concordia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia is located in Middlesex County
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- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Hornerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
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- Walnford ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walnford is located in Monmouth County
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- Cream Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
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- Polhemustown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
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- Prospertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
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- Imlaystown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
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- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Monmouth County
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- Manalapan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manalapan is located in Monmouth County
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- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Wheatland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wheatland is located in Ocean County
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- New Egypt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Egypt is located in Ocean County
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- Cedar Glen Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
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- Roosevelt City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Roosevelt City is located in Ocean County
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- Whiting
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
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- Colliers Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
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- Crestwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
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- Davenport ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
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- Pine Ridge at Crestwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dover Forge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dover Forge is located in Ocean County
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- Cedar Glen West
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
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- Leisure Knoll
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
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- Allegheny County (PA)
- Overbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Overbrook is located in Allegheny County (PA)
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- Bucks County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Bristol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Croydon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winder Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winder Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Tullytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tullytown is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- Edgely
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgely is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Levittown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wheat Sheaf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Chestnut Wood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Wood Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Newportville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newportville is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Thornridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
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- Hulmeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairless Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Colwyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Colwyn is located in Delaware County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,551 people
- Darby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Darby is located in Delaware County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <1>
- Millbourne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millbourne is located in Delaware County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
- Yeadon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yeadon is located in Delaware County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <1>
- Collingdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Lansdowne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Lansdowne is located in Delaware County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
- Lansdowne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sharon Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Upper Darby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aldan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Aldan is located in Delaware County (PA)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,149 people
- Burmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burmont is located in Delaware County (PA)
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- Clifton Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Ashmead Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmead Village is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Cheltenham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockledge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ryers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ryers is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Valley Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Bryn Athyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Huntingdon Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Elkins Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Terwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Terwood is located in Montgomery County (PA)
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- Abington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Morrell Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Morrell Park is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Pennypack Woods
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Tacony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tacony is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Wissinoming
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wissinoming is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Bustleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bustleton is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Frankford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Frankford is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Port Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Port Richmond is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Oxford Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oxford Village is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Crescentville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crescentville is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Lindley Station ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lindley Station is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- McCartersville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- McCartersville is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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- Old City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Old City is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Retreat, see our County-by-County Page for Retreat.
Cemeteries Near Retreat ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Retreat.
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 Retreat - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Retreat covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Peacock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Medford Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Park View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Medford Friends Meeting Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brotherhood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Lisbon Developmental Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Holly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eastern Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Eldridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mt. Laurel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Columbus Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Retreat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Retreat.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Retreat, with the one closest to Retreat listed first.
- Buddtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Buddtown is located in Burlington County
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- Red Lion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion is located in Burlington County
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- Vincentown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vincentown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincentown
- South Pemberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Pemberton is located in Burlington County
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- Ewansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ewansville is located in Burlington County
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- Birmingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Burlington County
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- Medford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Medford is located in Burlington County
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- Tabernacle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Burlington County
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- Smithville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Burlington County
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- New Lisbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Lisbon is located in Burlington County
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- Lumberton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lumberton is located in Burlington County
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- Browns Mills Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Browns Mills Junction is located in Burlington County
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- Mount Holly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Burlington County
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- Browns Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
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- Lewistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Retreat. See our List of 1890's Communities around Retreat.
Newspapers Published in Retreat ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Retreat.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Retreat, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Retreat.
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 professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Retreat:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Burlington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Camden County
- Gloucester County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Ocean County
- Allegheny County
- Bucks County
- Delaware 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 Retreat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Retreat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |