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 Stafford Forge (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 Stafford Forge. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Stafford Forge is located in Ocean 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 Ocean County: Atlantic, Burlington & Monmouth.
Below are the counties that are near Stafford Forge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stafford Forge:
- Ocean County (The home county of Stafford Forge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stafford Forge, with the one closest to Stafford Forge listed first.
- Eagleswood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eagleswood Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleswood Village
- Mayetta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Staffordville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Staffordville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordville
- Parkertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Parkertown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkertown
- West Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Creek is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek
- Manahawkin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Beach Haven West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven West is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven West
- Ocean Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ocean Acres is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Acres
- North Beach Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Beach Haven is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach Haven
- Mystic Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mystic Island is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Island
- North Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach
- Holgate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holgate is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holgate
- Waretown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waretown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stafford Forge, with the one closest to Stafford Forge listed first.
- Port Republic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Oceanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oceanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
- Weekstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Weekstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weekstown
- Brigantine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brigantine is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigantine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,577 people
- Egg Harbor City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
- Sweetwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Absecon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Absecon is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- Pomona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pomona is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Nesco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nesco is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesco
- Atlantic City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,569 people
- West Atlantic City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Atlantic City
- McKee City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McKee City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee City
- Pleasantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stafford Forge, with the one closest to Stafford Forge listed first.
- New Gretna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Gretna is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
- Wading River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
- Speedwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Washington is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Green Bank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Green Bank is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
- Chatsworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Batsto Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Batsto Village is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batsto Village
- Batsto Village has also been known as:
- Batsto
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Country Lake Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Sooy Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
- Atsion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Atsion is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atsion
- Browns Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Dellette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dellette is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellette
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stafford Forge, with the one closest to Stafford Forge listed first.
- Ancora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ancora is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancora
- Waterford Works
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waterford Works is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Works
- Waterford Works has also been known as:
- Waterford
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Cape May County
- Ocean City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean City is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,902 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stafford Forge, see our County-by-County Page for Stafford Forge.
Cemeteries Near Stafford Forge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stafford Forge.
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 Stafford Forge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stafford Forge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stafford Forge, with the one closest to Stafford Forge listed first.
- Staffordville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manahawkin Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reevestown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Friends Meeting Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leek - McKeen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- Hillside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Waretown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean County Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean County Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocean County Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ocean.
- The Ocean County Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Ocean Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100147 <1>
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.<2>
While we didn't find Stafford Forge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stafford Forge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stafford Forge, with the one closest to Stafford Forge listed first.
- West Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Creek is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek
- Staffordville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Staffordville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordville
- Mayetta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Cedar Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Run is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Manahawkin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Beach View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beach View is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach View
- North Beach Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Beach Haven is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach Haven
- New Gretna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Gretna is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
- Wading River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
- Long Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Long Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Waretown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waretown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
- Lower Bank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lower Bank is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bank
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Port Republic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
- Leeds Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Point
- Forked River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forked River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stafford Forge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stafford Forge.
Newspapers Published in Stafford Forge ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stafford Forge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stafford Forge, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stafford Forge.
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 Stafford Forge:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Ocean County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Cape May County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Stafford Forge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stafford Forge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |