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 West Atlantic City (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 West Atlantic City. 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 West Atlantic City ...
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 West Atlantic City: W. Atlantic City
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 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.
West Atlantic City is located in Atlantic 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 Atlantic County: Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester & Ocean.
Below are the counties that are near West Atlantic City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Atlantic City:
- Atlantic County (The home county of West Atlantic City)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Atlantic City, with the one closest to West Atlantic City listed first.
- Pleasantville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
- Ventnor City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
- Atlantic City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,569 people
- Absecon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Absecon is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- Margate City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Margate City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people
- Northfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Northfield is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
- Linwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
- Bargaintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bargaintown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargaintown
- Brigantine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brigantine is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigantine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,577 people
- Oceanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oceanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
- Pomona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Somers Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
- McKee City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McKee City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee City
- Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Atlantic City, with the one closest to West Atlantic City listed first.
- New Gretna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Gretna is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna
- Wading River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
- Green Bank
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Green Bank is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
- Batsto Village ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Batsto Village is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batsto Village
- Batsto Village has also been known as:
- Batsto
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Speedwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Atsion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atsion is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atsion
- Chatsworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Atlantic City, with the one closest to West Atlantic City listed first.
- Ancora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ancora is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancora
- Waterford Works
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford Works is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Works
- Waterford Works has also been known as:
- Waterford
- Cape May County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Atlantic City, with the one closest to West Atlantic City listed first.
- Ocean City
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Strathmere
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strathmere is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strathmere
- Tuckahoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckahoe is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Sea Isle City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sea Isle City is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Isle City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,019 people
- Steelmantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
- Ocean View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean View is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
- Clermont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clermont is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- Dennisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- Belleplain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belleplain is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleplain
- South Dennis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Eldora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eldora is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Goshen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Atlantic City, with the one closest to West Atlantic City listed first.
- Hesstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hesstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesstown
- Cumberland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Port Elizabeth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Delmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Dorchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Mauricetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Haleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Laurel Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
- Millville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
- South Vineland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Vineland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vineland
- Bivalve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Port Norris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Gloucester County
- Victory Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Atlantic City, with the one closest to West Atlantic City listed first.
- Mystic Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic Island is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Island
- Holgate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holgate is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holgate
- North Beach Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Beach Haven is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach Haven
- Parkertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Parkertown is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkertown
- West Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Creek is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek
- Eagleswood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleswood Village is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleswood Village
- Staffordville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Staffordville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordville
- Mayetta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Beach Haven West
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven West is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven West
- Manahawkin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- North Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach
- Ocean Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean Acres is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Acres
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Atlantic City, see our County-by-County Page for West Atlantic City.
Cemeteries Near West Atlantic City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Atlantic City.
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 West Atlantic City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Atlantic City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Atlantic City, with the one closest to West Atlantic City listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atlantic City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oxford Circle Burial Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Friends Central Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Central Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friends Central Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bargaintown.
- The Friends Central Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friends Burying Ground
- Friends Meeting House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1592453 <1>
- Beth - Kehillah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sholem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rodef Shalom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emeth Shalom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (60 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Steelman Family Burial Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colonel Richard Somers Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 West Atlantic City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Atlantic City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Atlantic City, with the one closest to West Atlantic City listed first.
- Ventnor City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
- Pleasantville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
- Atlantic City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,569 people
- Absecon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Absecon is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- Bargaintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bargaintown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargaintown
- Linwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
- Steelmanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steelmanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmanville
- Brigantine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brigantine is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigantine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,577 people
- Oceanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oceanville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
- Somers Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
- Pomona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Scullville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scullville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ocean City
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Leeds Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leeds Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Point
- English Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- English Creek is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Atlantic City. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Atlantic City.
Newspapers Published in West Atlantic City ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Atlantic City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Atlantic City, 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 West Atlantic City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 West Atlantic City:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Atlantic County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Cape May County
- Cumberland County
- Gloucester County
- Ocean 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 West Atlantic City, 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- West Atlantic City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |