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 Woodbourne (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 Woodbourne. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Woodbourne 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 Woodbourne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodbourne:
Sussex County (The home county of Woodbourne)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
McCoys Corner (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
McCoys Corner is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoys Corner Libertyville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Libertyville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville Roys (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Roys is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Beaver Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Beaver Run is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run Pellettown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Pellettown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Wykertown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Wykertown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown Colesville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Colesville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville Armstrong (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Armstrong is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Hardistonville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Hardistonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville Augusta (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Augusta is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Ross Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Ross Corner is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner Normanook (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Normanook is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanook Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Campgaw (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Campgaw is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw Mahwah (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Mahwah is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah Ackermans Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills Wyckoff (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Wyckoff is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff Wortendyke (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Wortendyke is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortendyke Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Fairfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield West Caldwell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
West Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Caldwell Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Weldon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Weldon is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Woodport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Woodport is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport Newfoundland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Newfoundland is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland Hurdtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Hurdtown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown Lake Telemark (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lake Telemark is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark Hibernia (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Hibernia is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia Hilltown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Hilltown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown White Meadow Lake (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
White Meadow Lake is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Meadow Lake Butler (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Butler is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Lyonsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Lyonsville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville Dover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Dover is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
Mine Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Mine Hill is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Hill Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
West Milford (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
West Milford is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford Macopin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin Haskell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Wayne (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Preakness (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Singac (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Millbrook ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Millbrook is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Allamuchy - Panther Valley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Blairstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Blairstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Long Bridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Paulina (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Paulina is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina Vail (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Vail is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Hackettstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Hackettstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Hope (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hope is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Mount Hermon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Mount Hermon is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon Vienna (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Vienna is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Hainesburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hainesburg is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg Beattystown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Beattystown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattystown Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Unionville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Amity (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Newport (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Newport is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Port Jervis (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Pine Island (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Pine Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Shin Hollow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Shin Hollow is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Hollow Edenville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Edenville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville South Centerville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
South Centerville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville Huguenot (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Sparrow Bush (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Big Island (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Big Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island Finchville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Finchville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Sloatsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Hillburn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Ramapo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Ramapo is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo Suffern (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Montebello (27 miles [43.5 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Airmont (29 miles [46.7 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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Viola is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Wesley Hills (29 miles [46.7 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 (30 miles [48.3 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Pomona (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Sullivan County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Pond Eddy (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Barryville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Eldred (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Wurtsboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Yankee Lake (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake Bloomingburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Yulan (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Squirrels Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners Rock Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Summitville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Monroe County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Bushkill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Shoemakers (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Shoemakers is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers Coolbaugh (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh Delaware Water Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Northampton County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Portland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Portland is located in Northampton County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
Slateford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Slateford is located in Northampton County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford Pike County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Matamoras (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Conashaugh (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh Milford (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Delaware (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Delaware is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Millrift (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Millrift is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift Egypt Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Egypt Mills is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills Parkers Glen (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen Lords Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lackawaxen (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Rowland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Blooming Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Blooming Grove is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove Westcolang (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Westcolang is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcolang
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodbourne, see our County-by-County Page for Woodbourne .
Cemeteries Near Woodbourne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodbourne.
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 Woodbourne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodbourne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Deckertown Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Fairview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Clove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Wantage Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hardyston Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Immaculate Conception Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Branchville Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Unionville Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Vaughn Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
St. Thomas Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Glenwood Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Continue List (193 more) ...
Hainesville Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Minisink Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Bevans Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
While we didn't find Woodbourne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodbourne.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodbourne, with the one closest to Woodbourne listed first.
Lewisburg (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Lewisburg is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg Libertyville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Libertyville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville Roys (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Roys is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Martins (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Martins is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Papakating (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Papakating is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papakating Beemerville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Beemerville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beemerville Wykertown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Wykertown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown Pellettown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Pellettown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Beaver Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Beaver Run is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run Armstrong (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Armstrong is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Quarryville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Quarryville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Colesville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Colesville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesville Continue List (20 more) ...
Plains (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Plains is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Hardistonville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Hardistonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville McAfee (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
McAfee is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAfee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodbourne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodbourne .
Newspapers Published in Woodbourne ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodbourne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodbourne, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Woodbourne.
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 professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Woodbourne:
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 Orange County Rockland County Sullivan County Monroe County Northampton County Pike County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodbourne. 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. 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 Woodbourne, 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- Woodbourne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.