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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 Adams Crossroads (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 Adams Crossroads. 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 Adams Crossroads ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Adams Crossroads: Adams Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Adams Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Adams Crossroads may originally have been Adam's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Adams Crossroads might be written as Adam Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Adams Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Adams Crossroads.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Adams Crossroads is located in Sussex County.
To see how the shape of Delaware'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: Kent, Caroline (MD), Dorchester (MD), Wicomico (MD), Worcester (MD) & Cape May (NJ).
Below are the counties that are near Adams Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adams Crossroads:
- Sussex County (The home county of Adams Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bridgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Banning ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Heritage Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Reliance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Seaford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blades
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blades is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Ellendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Adamsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hickman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Andrewsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Harrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Felton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Hickman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Federalsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hynson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Whiteleysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Tuckahoe Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Preston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Greensboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Reliance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Williamsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Finchville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Marshyhope Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Hurlock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Eldorado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Brookview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Galestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Rhodesdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East New Market
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Secretary
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Queen Anne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Willoughby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Roe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Ingleside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Price
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Roberts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Barclay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Bloomingdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Centreville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Guys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Talbot Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Skipton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Trappe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wye Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Leeds Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Newcomb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wicomico County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Sharptown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Mardela Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Delmar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Rockawalking Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Centennial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Quantico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Salisbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- White Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Parsonsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adams Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Adams Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Adams Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adams Crossroads.
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 Adams Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adams Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Bloomery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Todds Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pratt Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Johnstown Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Ames Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union 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.<4>
While we didn't find Adams Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Adams Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adams Crossroads, with the one closest to Adams Crossroads listed first.
- Smithville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Hickman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Agner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Agner is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agner
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Andersontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Andersontown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- American Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- American Corner is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
- Burrsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burrsville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
- Bridgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hobbs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hobbs is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Nichols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Anthony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Federalsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cannon is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adams Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adams Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Adams Crossroads ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adams Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adams Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adams Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Adams Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kent County
- Caroline County
- Dorchester County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Delaware
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Adams Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Adams Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |