New Jersey Gazetteers

United States New Jersey  Gazetteers

Several guides to place names in New Jersey have been published. The best are:


 * Gordon, Thomas F. A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey. 1834. Digital version at Google Books - free. Reprint, New Orleans, La.: Polyanthos, 1973:.


 * Gannett, Henry. A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey. 1894. Reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978. ; .)


 * National Gazetteer of the United States of America—New Jersey 1983. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1983. .) This book lists all the political and geographic features represented on the United States Geographical Survey 7.5-minute topographical maps. The gazetteer can be used for finding the location of some churches, cemeteries, and schools.

Web Sites

 * United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System (GNIS) -  Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is.
 * State of New Jersey Locality Name Search -- by the State of New Jersey.
 * New Jersey Gazetteer --  By Hometown Locator  (both browse and search capabilities).