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 Scotch Plains (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 Scotch Plains. 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 Scotch Plains ...
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 Scotch Plains: Scotch Plns.
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 hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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.
Scotch Plains is located in Union 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 Union County : Essex , Hudson , Middlesex , Morris , Somerset & Richmond (NY) .
Below are the counties that are near Scotch Plains. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotch Plains:
Union County (The home county of Scotch Plains)
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Feltville ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the north)
Feltville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feltville Westfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Westfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
Benders Corner (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Benders Corner is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benders Corner Berkeley Heights (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Berkeley Heights is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Heights Plainfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Plainfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
Cranford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Cranford is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Summit (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Summit is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Population from the 2020 Census: 21,812 people
Clark (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Clark is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Park Village (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Park Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Springfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Springfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Perth Amboy Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Rahway (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Rahway is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
Linden (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Linden is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
North Arlington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
North Arlington is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arlington Lyndhurst (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst Borough of Wood-Ridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
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
Garfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Garfield is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Saddle Brook (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook Ridgefield Park (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Rochelle Park (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Warren Point (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Warren Point is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Point Hackensack (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
Radburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Radburn is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radburn Fort Lee (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Teaneck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck Campgaw (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Campgaw is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Millburn (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Millburn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn Maplewood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Maplewood is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Irvington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Irvington is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington South Orange (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
South Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orange Livingston (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Livingston is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Orange (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange East Orange (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Essex Fells (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
Newark (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Newark is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
West Orange (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
West Orange is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Orange West Caldwell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
West Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Caldwell Borough of Essex Fells (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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
Hudson County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Harrison (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Harrison is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Bayonne (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Kearny (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Kearny is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Bergen (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Communipaw (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw Jersey City (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Hoboken (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Secaucus (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Weehawken (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken Union City (21 miles [33.8 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 (21 miles [33.8 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 (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Hunterdon County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Pottersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Pottersville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville Whitehouse (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Whitehouse is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Whitehouse Station (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Whitehouse Station is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Station Farmersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville Pleasant Run (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Califon (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Califon is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califon Hoffmans (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Hoffmans is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans Reaville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Reaville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaville Wertsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Wertsville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertsville Allerton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Allerton is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton Annandale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Annandale is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale Readingsburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Readingsburg is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readingsburg Flemington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Flemington is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington Mercer County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Mount Rose (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Mount Rose is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rose Princeton Junction (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction Twin Rivers (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers Edinburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Edinburg is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg Lawrenceville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Princessville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Princessville is located in Mercer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
North Edison (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
North Edison is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Edison Potters (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Potters is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Samptown (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Samptown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samptown Pumptown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Pumptown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumptown Iselin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Iselin is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iselin Menlo Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Menlo Park is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Park Avenel (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Colonia (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia Piscataway (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Piscataway is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piscataway Randolphville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Randolphville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolphville Edgar (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Woodbridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Woodbridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge Boynton Beach (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Monmouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Cliffwood Beach (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Cliffwood Beach is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Beach Cliffwood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Cliffwood is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Hazlet (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Hazlet is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlet Morganville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Morganville is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville North Middletown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown Strathmore (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Strathmore is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmore Port Monmouth (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Belford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Belford is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford New Monmouth (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Bradevelt (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Bradevelt is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradevelt Holmdel (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Holmdel is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmdel Leonardo (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo Chapel Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Green Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Rosedale Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village Yardley Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Yardley Village is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley Village Morristown (10 miles [16.1 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 East Hanover (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
East Hanover is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Whippany (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Whippany is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippany Hanover Neck (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck Littleton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Littleton is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Troy Hills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Troy Hills is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Hills Brookside (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Brookside is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Tabor (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Tabor is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor Millbrook (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Millbrook is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Boonton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Boonton is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,878 people
Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Delawanna (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Little Falls (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Singac (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac The Village at Little Falls (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Clifton (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
Athenia (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Athenia is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Passaic (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Passaic is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Borough of Woodland Park (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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
Preakness (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Wayne (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Paterson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Paterson is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Haskell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Macopin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin Somerset County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Union Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Union Village is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Smalleytown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Smalleytown is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smalleytown Bound Brook (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Bound Brook is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bound Brook Ukrainian Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukrainian Village Finderne (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Finderne is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finderne Somerset (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Somerset is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Somerville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Somerville is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Middlebush (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Middlebush is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush Bedminster (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Bedminster is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedminster Blackwells Mills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells Mills Gladstone (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Gladstone is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone North Branch Depot (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
North Branch Depot is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch Depot Harlingen (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Harlingen is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlingen Sussex County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Hopatcong Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Hopatcong Hills is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopatcong Hills Waterloo Village ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Waterloo Village is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo Village Waterloo Village has also been known as:
Waterloo Mahola (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Mahola is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahola Lake Mohawk (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Lake Mohawk is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohawk Edison (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Edison is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Brighton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Brighton is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Sparta (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Sparta is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta Tranquility (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Tranquility is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Beattystown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Beattystown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattystown Hackettstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Hackettstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Allamuchy - Panther Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Long Bridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Vienna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Vienna is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Karrsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Karrsville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karrsville Bronx County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Concourse Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Fordham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Fordham is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Kings Bridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Bronx (30 miles [48.3 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>
Riverdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Kings County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Bay Ridge (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Bay Ridge is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Ridge Dyker Heights (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Dyker Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyker Heights Fort Hamilton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fort Hamilton is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hamilton Bath Beach (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bath Beach is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach Bensonhurst (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bensonhurst is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensonhurst Brooklyn Heights (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights Red Hook (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Red Hook is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook Coney Island (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Coney Island is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island New York (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Flatbush is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Gravesend (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Gravesend is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Williamsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Brighton Beach (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach New York County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Battery Park City (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Battery Park City is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City Fort Jay (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fort Jay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jay Governors Island (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Governors Island is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Island Greenwich Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Greenwich Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village Knickerbocker Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Knickerbocker Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knickerbocker Village East Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
East Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village University Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
University Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village Washington Square Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hell's Kitchen (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Kips Bay (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Kips Bay is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Peter Cooper Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village Stuyvesant Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town Manhattan (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
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 Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Long Island City (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Astoria (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Breezy Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fresh Pond (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fresh Pond is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Maspeth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Ridgewood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Sunnyside (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Glendale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Glendale is located in Queens County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Woodside (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Elmhurst (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Jackson Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Middle Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Corona (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Richmond County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Arlington (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Arlington is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Bloomfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Bloomfield is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
Graniteville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Tottenville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Tottenville is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottenville Heartland Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Port Richmond (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Staten Island (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Westerleigh (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Annadale (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Annadale is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadale Great Kills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Great Kills is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills Grant City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Grant City is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City New Brighton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Oakwood (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Oakwood is located in Richmond County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotch Plains, see our County-by-County Page for Scotch Plains .
Cemeteries Near Scotch Plains ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotch Plains.
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 Scotch Plains - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotch Plains covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Brook Ave. Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
St. Marys Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Revolutionary Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
St. Mary's Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
St. Mary's RC Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
North Plainfield Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hillside Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Fairview Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
St. Teresa Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Meyersville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Hofheimer Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Holy Redeemer Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (451 more) ...
New Dover Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
St. Gertrude Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
St. Gertrudes Cemetery (5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Scotch Plains had a population of 515 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotch Plains, with the one closest to Scotch Plains listed first.
Murray Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Murray Hill is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Hill Netherwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Netherwood is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood Plainfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Plainfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
Westfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Westfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
Berkeley Heights (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Berkeley Heights is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Heights Cranford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Cranford is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Long Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Long Hill is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill Summit (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Summit is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Population from the 2020 Census: 21,812 people
Gillette (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Gillette is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillette Stirling (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Stirling is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirling Warrenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Warrenville is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville New Market (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
New Market is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Continue List (22 more) ...
Menlo Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Menlo Park is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo Park Iselin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Iselin is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iselin Perth Amboy Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotch Plains. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotch Plains .
Newspapers Published in Scotch Plains ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotch Plains.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotch Plains, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Scotch Plains.
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 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 Scotch Plains:
Websites specific to New Jersey Pages specific to Union County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Hunterdon County Mercer County Middlesex County Monmouth County Morris County Passaic County Somerset County Sussex County Warren County Bronx County Kings County New York County Queens County Richmond County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Scotch Plains. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Union County: https://ucnj.org/
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 Scotch Plains, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scotch Plains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.