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 Sunrise Beach (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 Sunrise Beach. 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 Sunrise Beach ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sunrise Beach: Sunrise Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sunrise Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunrise Beach.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Sunrise Beach 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 Sunrise Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunrise Beach:
- Ocean County (The home county of Sunrise Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Beach, with the one closest to Sunrise Beach listed first.
- Forked River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forked River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
- Bayville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bayville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Waretown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waretown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
- Double Trouble ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Double Trouble is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Trouble
- Toms River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Dover Beaches South
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dover Beaches South is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches South
- Dover Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dover Forge is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Forge
- Silver Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Holiday Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Ocean Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean Acres is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Acres
- Dover Beaches North
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dover Beaches North is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches North
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Manahawkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Beach, with the one closest to Sunrise Beach listed first.
- Port Republic
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Weekstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weekstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weekstown
- Oceanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oceanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
- Sweetwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Beach, with the one closest to Sunrise Beach listed first.
- Chatsworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Speedwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Country Lake Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Presidential Lakes Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Gretna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Gretna is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
- Wading River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
- Browns Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Sooy Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
- Fort Dix
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
- Jacobstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
- Green Bank
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Bank is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
- Pemberton Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
- Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunrise Beach, with the one closest to Sunrise Beach listed first.
- Ramtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
- Allenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
- Allaire Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
- Allaire Village has also been known as:
- Allaire
- Maxim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Maxim is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Squankum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Squankum is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
- West Belmar
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Belmar is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Belmar
- Belmar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Belmar is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
- Shark River Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shark River Hills is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark River Hills
- Ardena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ardena is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- Avon-by-the-Sea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Avon-by-the-Sea is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon-by-the-Sea
- Neptune City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
- Ocean Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ocean Grove is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove
- Hornerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunrise Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Sunrise Beach.
Cemeteries Near Sunrise Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunrise Beach.
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 Sunrise Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunrise Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunrise Beach, with the one closest to Sunrise Beach listed first.
- Good Luck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Waretown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dover Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bayville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bayville.
- The Bayville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bayview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1653882 <1>
- Ocean County Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Masonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friends Meeting Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Maximillian Kolbe RC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (50 more) ...
- Manahawkin Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- B'nai Israel Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Toms River Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Sunrise Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunrise Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunrise Beach, with the one closest to Sunrise Beach listed first.
- Forked River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forked River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
- Waretown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waretown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
- Bayville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bayville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Toms River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Beach View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beach View is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach View
- Long Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Long Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Manahawkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Chadwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chadwick is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Cedar Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Run is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Silverton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Silverton is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Mayetta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Osbornsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Osbornsville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornsville
- Staffordville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Staffordville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordville
- Whiting
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunrise Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunrise Beach.
Newspapers Published in Sunrise Beach ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunrise Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunrise Beach, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunrise Beach.
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 Sunrise Beach:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Ocean County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Burlington County
- Monmouth 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 Sunrise Beach, 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 from Point A (ie- Sunrise Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |