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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 Whiting (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 Whiting. 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 northeast 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 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.

Whiting is located in Ocean County.

To see how the shape of New Jersey's counties 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 Whiting. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whiting:

  • Ocean County     (The home county of Whiting)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whiting, with the one closest to Whiting listed first.
    • Crestwood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crestwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood Village
      • Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
    • Roosevelt City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roosevelt City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt City
      • Roosevelt City is located in Ocean County
    • Cedar Glen Lakes
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Glen Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
      • Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
    • Davenport ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
      • Davenport is located in Ocean County
    • Pine Ridge at Crestwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge at Crestwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge at Crestwood
      • Pine Ridge at Crestwood is located in Ocean County
    • Wheatland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wheatland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
      • Wheatland is located in Ocean County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wheatland
      • From Whiting to Wheatland
    • Dover Forge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holiday Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
      • Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
    • Leisure Knoll
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
      • Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
    • Cedar Glen West
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Glen West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen West
      • Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
    • Glen Cedar City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cedar City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
      • Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
    • Colliers Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Atlantic County
  • Burlington County
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whiting, with the one closest to Whiting listed first.
    • Jackson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jackson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Camden County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jackson
      • From Whiting to Jackson
    • Atco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waterford Works
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kresson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Ancora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Greentree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greentree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
      • Greentree is located in Camden County
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whiting, with the one closest to Whiting listed first.
    • Twin Rivers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • White Horse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
      • White Horse is located in Mercer County
    • Edinburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mercerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosemont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Warner Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warner Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village
      • Warner Village is located in Mercer County
    • Trenton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Princeton Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Eldridge Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawrenceville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkway Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
      • Parkway Village is located in Mercer County
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whiting, with the one closest to Whiting listed first.
    • Clearbrook Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearbrook Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
      • Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Concordia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concordia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
      • Concordia is located in Middlesex County
    • Cranbury Station
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Whittingham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Cranbury
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rossmoor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jamesburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamesburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
      • Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jamesburg
      • From Whiting to Jamesburg
    • Princeton Meadows
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Meadows
      • Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County
    • Moerls Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Plainsboro Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainsboro Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro Center
      • Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
    • Plainsboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainsboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro
      • Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Plainsboro
      • From Whiting to Plainsboro
    • Dayton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Dayton is located in Middlesex County
  • Monmouth County
  • Bucks County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whiting, with the one closest to Whiting listed first.
    • Edgely
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edgely. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgely
      • Edgely is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Edgely
      • From Whiting to Edgely
    • Tullytown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tullytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullytown
      • Tullytown is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
    • Wheat Sheaf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bristol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Levittown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levittown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levittown
      • Levittown is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levittown <3>
    • Morrisville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
      • Morrisville is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,490 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrisville <3>
    • Winder Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winder Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village
      • Winder Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Fairless Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Newportville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Croydon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Croydon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
      • Croydon is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Croydon <3>
    • Oxford Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Valley
      • Oxford Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whiting, see our County-by-County Page for Whiting.

Cemeteries Near Whiting ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whiting.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whiting covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whiting, with the one closest to Whiting listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Whiting had a population of 190 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Whiting, with the one closest to Whiting listed first.

  • Davenport ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
    • Davenport is located in Ocean County
  • Buckingham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckingham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
    • Buckingham is located in Ocean County
  • Wheatland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wheatland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
    • Wheatland is located in Ocean County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wheatland
    • From Whiting to Wheatland
  • Woodmansie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodmansie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmansie
    • Woodmansie is located in Burlington County
  • Colliers Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Toms River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Whitesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
    • Whitesville is located in Ocean County
  • Cassville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
    • Cassville is located in Ocean County
  • Browns Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Van Hiseville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Hiseville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
    • Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
  • New Egypt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cookstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cookstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookstown
    • Cookstown is located in Burlington County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Browns Mills Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Mills Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills Junction
      • Browns Mills Junction is located in Burlington County
    • Prospertown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Forked River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whiting. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whiting.

Newspapers Published in Whiting ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whiting.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whiting, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whiting.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Whiting:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whiting. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Whiting, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Whiting) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whiting. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9543, Longitude: -74.3788    









 

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