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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 Shrewsbury (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 Shrewsbury. 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 Shrewsbury ...
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 Shrewsbury: W. Shrewsbury
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
West Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth 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 Monmouth County: Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex & Ocean.
Below are the counties that are near West Shrewsbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Shrewsbury:
- Monmouth County (The home county of West Shrewsbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Shrewsbury
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
- Lincroft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincroft is located in Monmouth County
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- Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Monmouth County
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- Branchport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Branchport is located in Monmouth County
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- Long Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
- Port-au-Peck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Port-au-Peck is located in Monmouth County
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- Wayside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wayside is located in Monmouth County
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- Oakhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakhurst is located in Monmouth County
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- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
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- Elberon Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elberon Park is located in Monmouth County
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- Elberon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elberon is located in Monmouth County
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- Colts Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Colts Neck is located in Monmouth County
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- Burlington County
- Ellisdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
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- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Irvington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Irvington is located in Essex County
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- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Newark is located in Essex County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
- Maplewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Essex County
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- Millburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millburn is located in Essex County
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- Hudson County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Bayonne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bayonne is located in Hudson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
- Communipaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Communipaw is located in Hudson County
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- Jersey City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jersey City is located in Hudson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
- Bergen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bergen is located in Hudson County
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- Harrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Hudson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
- Hoboken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hoboken is located in Hudson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Twin Rivers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
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- Edinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Mercer County
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- Princeton Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
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- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Morristown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morristown is located in Middlesex County
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- Brownville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownville is located in Middlesex County
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- Laurence Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laurence Harbor is located in Middlesex County
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- Moerls Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Moerls Corner is located in Middlesex County
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- Cheesequake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cheesequake is located in Middlesex County
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- Madison Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Park is located in Middlesex County
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- Ernston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ernston is located in Middlesex County
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- Runyon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Runyon is located in Middlesex County
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- South Amboy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Amboy is located in Middlesex County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,095 people
- Old Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bridge is located in Middlesex County
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- Perth Amboy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,309 people
- Sayreville Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sayreville Junction is located in Middlesex County
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- Ocean County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Herbertsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
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- Winding River Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Williams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Ocean County
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- Arrowhead Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead Village is located in Ocean County
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- Bay Head Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bay Head Junction is located in Ocean County
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- Bennetts Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Mills is located in Ocean County
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- Lakewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
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- Vista Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vista Center is located in Ocean County
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- Van Hiseville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
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- Whitesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
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- Holiday City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Holiday City is located in Ocean County
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- Leisure Village East
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Somerset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset is located in Somerset County
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- Middlebush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Middlebush is located in Somerset County
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- Ukrainian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ukrainian Village is located in Somerset County
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- Blackwells Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County
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- Bound Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bound Brook is located in Somerset County
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- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Tremley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tremley is located in Union County
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- Linden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
- Perth Amboy Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rahway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rahway is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
- Elizabeth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
- Clark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clark is located in Union County
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- Elmora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elmora is located in Union County
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- Park Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Park Village is located in Union County
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- Cranford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cranford is located in Union County
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- Hillside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hillside is located in Union County
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- Plainfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
- Westfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield is located in Union County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
- Kings County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Coney Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coney Island is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Brighton Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brighton Beach is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Bath Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bath Beach is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Bensonhurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bensonhurst is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Fort Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Hamilton is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Gravesend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gravesend is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Sheepshead Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Bay Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bay Ridge is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Dyker Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dyker Heights is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Flatlands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Flatlands is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Flatbush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Flatbush is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Canarsie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canarsie is located in Kings County (NY)
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- Nassau County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Atlantic Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Inwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence is located in Nassau County (NY)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,535 people
- Cedarhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Isle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Isle is located in Nassau County (NY)
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- Hewlett Neck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hewlett Neck is located in Nassau County (NY)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Long Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Lynbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Lynbrook is located in Nassau County (NY)
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- Woodmere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodsburgh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodsburgh is located in Nassau County (NY)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
- Barnum Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barnum Island is located in Nassau County (NY)
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- Bay Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Park is located in Nassau County (NY)
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- New York County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Fort Jay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Jay is located in New York County (NY)
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- Governors Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Governors Island is located in New York County (NY)
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- Battery Park City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Battery Park City is located in New York County (NY)
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- Knickerbocker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Knickerbocker Village is located in New York County (NY)
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- East Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Village is located in New York County (NY)
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- University Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- University Village is located in New York County (NY)
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- Washington Square Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenwich Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwich Village is located in New York County (NY)
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- Kips Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kips Bay is located in New York County (NY)
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- Peter Cooper Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County (NY)
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- Stuyvesant Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County (NY)
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- Queens County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Breezy Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Broad Channel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Broad Channel is located in Queens County (NY)
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- Bayswater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bayswater is located in Queens County (NY)
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- Far Rockaway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Queens County (NY)
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- Ridgewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fresh Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fresh Pond is located in Queens County (NY)
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- Maspeth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Middle Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Morris Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morris Park is located in Queens County (NY)
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- Richmond Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Annadale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Annadale is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Great Kills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Great Kills is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Tottenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tottenville is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Oakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Grant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grant City is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Heartland Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Old Town Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Old Town Station is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Fort Wadsworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Staten Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
- Graniteville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Graniteville is located in Richmond County (NY)
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- Stapleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stapleton is located in Richmond County (NY)
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Shrewsbury, see our County-by-County Page for West Shrewsbury.
Cemeteries Near West Shrewsbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Shrewsbury.
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 Shrewsbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Shrewsbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Red Bank Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Field Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- White Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smock Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Luyster Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 West Shrewsbury in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Shrewsbury.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Shrewsbury, with the one closest to West Shrewsbury listed first.
- Shrewsbury
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
- Pine Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Brook is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Brook
- Lincroft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincroft is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincroft
- Scobeyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scobeyville is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scobeyville
- Wayside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wayside is located in Monmouth County
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- Long Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
- Branchport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Branchport is located in Monmouth County
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- Colts Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Colts Neck is located in Monmouth County
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- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Middletown is located in Monmouth County
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- Elberon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elberon is located in Monmouth County
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- West End
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West End is located in Monmouth County
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- North Long Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
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- Oceanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oceanic is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanic
- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
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- Holmdel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holmdel is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmdel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Shrewsbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Shrewsbury.
Newspapers Published in West Shrewsbury ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Shrewsbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Shrewsbury, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Shrewsbury.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 West Shrewsbury:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Monmouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burlington County
- Essex County
- Hudson County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Ocean County
- Somerset County
- Union County
- Kings County
- Nassau County
- New York County
- Queens County
- Richmond County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Shrewsbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Shrewsbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |