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 Sand Hills (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 Sand Hills. 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 hospitals and 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.
Sand Hills is located in Sussex 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 Sussex County : Morris , Passaic , Warren , Orange (NY) , Monroe (PA) & Pike (PA) .
Below are the counties that are near Sand Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sand Hills:
Sussex County (The home county of Sand Hills)
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Highland Lake (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Highland Lake is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake Vernon Valley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley Hardistonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hardistonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville Beaver Run (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Beaver Run is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run McCoys Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner Roys (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Roys is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Libertyville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Libertyville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville Pellettown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Pellettown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Colesville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Colesville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville Edison (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Edison is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Armstrong (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Armstrong is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Wykertown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Wykertown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Campgaw (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Campgaw is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw Mahwah (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Mahwah is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah Ackermans Mills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills Wyckoff (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Wyckoff is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff Wortendyke (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Wortendyke is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortendyke Ridgewood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Ridgewood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people
Ho-Ho-Kus (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus Park Ridge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Park Ridge is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge Radburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Radburn is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radburn Warren Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Warren Point is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Point Saddle Brook (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook Garfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Garfield is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Fairfield (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Meadow Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Meadow Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village West Caldwell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
West Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Caldwell Caldwell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Cedar Grove (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Borough of Essex Fells (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
Essex Fells (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
Montclair Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Upper Montclair (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Upper Montclair is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Montclair Verona (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Verona is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Livingston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Livingston is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Montclair (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Montclair is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Newfoundland (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Newfoundland is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland Weldon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Weldon is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Hurdtown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Hurdtown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown Woodport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Woodport is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport Butler (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Butler is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Lake Telemark (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Lake Telemark is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark Lyonsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Lyonsville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville Hibernia (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hibernia is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia Hilltown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hilltown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown Taylortown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Taylortown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown White Meadow Lake (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
White Meadow Lake is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Meadow Lake Powerville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Powerville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
West Milford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
West Milford is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford Macopin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin Haskell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Wayne (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Preakness (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Singac (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Paterson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Paterson is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Borough of Woodland Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
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
Little Falls (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Athenia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Athenia is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Clifton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Clifton is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Allamuchy - Panther Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Millbrook ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Millbrook is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Blairstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Blairstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Paulina (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Paulina is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina Hackettstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hackettstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Vienna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Vienna is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Hope (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Hope is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Vail (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Vail is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Greene County (NY)
Cornwall-on-Hudson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Amity (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Newport (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Newport is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Pine Island (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Pine Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Edenville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Edenville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville Unionville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Warwick (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Sterling Forest (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Homestead Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Homestead Village is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village Big Island (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Big Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island Greenwood Lake (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Florida (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
South Centerville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
South Centerville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Sloatsburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Hillburn (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Ramapo (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Ramapo is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo Suffern (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Montebello (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Montebello is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
Tallman (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Airmont (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Airmont is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airmont Population from the 2020 Census: 8,767 people
Viola (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Viola is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Wesley Hills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
Kaser (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Kaser is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaser Population from the 2020 Census: 5,439 people
Monsey (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
New Hempstead (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
New Hempstead is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
Sullivan County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Pond Eddy (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Bloomingburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Wurtsboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Yankee Lake (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake Barryville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Summitville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Rock Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Eldred (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Squirrels Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners Ulster County (NY)
Ulsterville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ulsterville is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Verplanck (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Buchanan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Crugers (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Montrose (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Monroe County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Bushkill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Shoemakers (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Shoemakers is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers Coolbaugh (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh Pike County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Matamoras (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Milford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Conashaugh (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh Millrift (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Millrift is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift Delaware (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Delaware is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Egypt Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Egypt Mills is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills Parkers Glen (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sand Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Sand Hills .
Cemeteries Near Sand Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Hills.
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 Sand Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sand Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
Glenwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Deckertown Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Canistear Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Wantage Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Fairview Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Hardyston Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Immaculate Conception Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Clove Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Unionville Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
St. Stanislaus Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Continue List (235 more) ...
St. Thomas Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Holland Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Cedar Heights Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Sand Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sand Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sand Hills, with the one closest to Sand Hills listed first.
McAfee (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
McAfee is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAfee Vernon (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Vernon is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Hardistonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hardistonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville DeKays (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
DeKays is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeKays Glenwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Glenwood is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Martins (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Martins is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Papakating (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Papakating is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papakating New Milford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
New Milford is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford Amity (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Quarryville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Quarryville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Lewisburg (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Lewisburg is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg Beaver Run (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Beaver Run is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run Continue List (18 more) ...
Roys (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Roys is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Stockholm (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Stockholm is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm Edenville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Edenville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sand Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Hills .
Newspapers Published in Sand Hills ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Hills, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Sand Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Sand Hills:
Websites specific to New Jersey Pages specific to Sussex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bergen County Essex County Morris County Passaic County Warren County Greene County Orange County Rockland County Sullivan County Ulster County Westchester County Monroe County Pike County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sand Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Sussex County: https://sussex.nj.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 Sand Hills, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.