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 Wawayanda (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 Wawayanda. 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.
Wawayanda 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 Wawayanda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wawayanda:
Sussex County (The home county of Wawayanda)
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Highland Lake (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Highland Lake is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake Vernon Valley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley Hardistonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Hardistonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville Beaver Run (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Beaver Run is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run McCoys Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner Edison (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Edison is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Libertyville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Libertyville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville Roys (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Roys is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Colesville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Colesville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville Mahola (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Mahola is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahola Pellettown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Pellettown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Armstrong (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Armstrong is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Campgaw (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Campgaw is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw Mahwah (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Mahwah is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah Ackermans Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills Wyckoff (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Wyckoff is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff Wortendyke (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Wortendyke is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortendyke Ho-Ho-Kus (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus Ridgewood (21 miles [33.8 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
Park Ridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Park Ridge is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge Radburn (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Radburn is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radburn Warren Point (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Warren Point is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Point River Vale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
River Vale is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale Saddle Brook (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Fairfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Fairfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield West Caldwell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
West Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Caldwell Meadow Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Meadow Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village Caldwell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Cedar Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Montclair Heights (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Borough of Essex Fells (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
Verona (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Verona is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Upper Montclair (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Upper Montclair is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Montclair Livingston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Livingston is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Brookdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Brookdale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Newfoundland (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Newfoundland is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland Butler (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Butler is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Lyonsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Lyonsville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville Weldon (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Weldon is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon 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 Woodport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Woodport is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport Hibernia (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hibernia is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia Taylortown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Taylortown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown Hurdtown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Hurdtown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown Montville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Montville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville Powerville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Powerville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville 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 Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
West Milford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
West Milford is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford Macopin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin Haskell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Wayne (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Preakness (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Singac (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Paterson (23 miles [37 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 (23 miles [37 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls The Village at Little Falls (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Athenia (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Athenia is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Clifton (26 miles [41.8 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 Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Allamuchy - Panther Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Millbrook ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Millbrook is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Paulina (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Paulina is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina Greene County (NY)
Cornwall-on-Hudson (27 miles [43.5 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 Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Sterling Forest (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Amity (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Warwick (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Edenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Edenville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville Newport (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Newport is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Homestead Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Homestead Village is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village Greenwood Lake (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Big Island (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Big Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island Florida (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Unionville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Tuxedo Park (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Putnam County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Glenclyffe (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe Garrison (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Continental Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Continental Village is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village Cold Spring (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Nelsonville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Nelsonville is located in Putnam County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
Putnam Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Sloatsburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Hillburn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Ramapo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Ramapo is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo Suffern (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Montebello (16 miles [25.7 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Airmont (18 miles [29 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Viola is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Wesley Hills (18 miles [29 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 (19 miles [30.6 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
New Hempstead (19 miles [30.6 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 Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Bloomingburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Wurtsboro (27 miles [43.5 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 Pond Eddy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Summitville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Ulster County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Ulsterville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Ulsterville is located in Ulster County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville Walker Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Westchester County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Verplanck (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Buchanan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Crugers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Montrose (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Croton-on-Hudson (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Peekskill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Woodybrook (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Woodybrook is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodybrook Archville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Archville is located in Westchester County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville Ossining (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Scarborough (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Briarcliff Manor (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Crompond (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Monroe County (PA)
Bushkill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Pike County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Matamoras (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Milford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Millrift (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Millrift is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift Conashaugh (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh Delaware (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Delaware is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Egypt Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Egypt Mills is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills Parkers Glen (29 miles [46.7 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 Wawayanda, see our County-by-County Page for Wawayanda .
Cemeteries Near Wawayanda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wawayanda.
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 Wawayanda - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wawayanda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
Glenwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Canistear Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Heights Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
St. Stephens Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Warwick Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
St. Stanislaus Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Vreeland Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Sterling Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Wisner Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Beth Shalom Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
St. Josephs Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Continue List (272 more) ...
Wantage Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Deckertown Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Union Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Wawayanda in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wawayanda.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wawayanda, with the one closest to Wawayanda listed first.
DeKays (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
DeKays is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeKays New Milford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
New Milford is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford Vernon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Vernon is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon West Milford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
West Milford is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford Amity (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Cooper (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Cooper is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Sterling Forest (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Warwick (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Glenwood (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Glenwood is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood McAfee (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
McAfee is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAfee Hewitt (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Hewitt is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt Edenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Edenville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville Continue List (17 more) ...
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 Upper Macopin (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Upper Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Macopin Monks (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Monks is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wawayanda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wawayanda .
Newspapers Published in Wawayanda ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wawayanda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wawayanda, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Wawayanda.
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 helpful 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 Wawayanda:
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 Putnam 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 Wawayanda. 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 Wawayanda, 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 from Point A (ie- Wawayanda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.