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 Bridgeville Manor (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 Bridgeville Manor. 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 Bridgeville Manor ...
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 Bridgeville Manor: Bridgeville Mnr.
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 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.
Bridgeville Manor 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 Bridgeville Manor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bridgeville Manor:
- Sussex County (The home county of Bridgeville Manor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Bridgeville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Briar Hook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Scotts Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Heritage Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ross is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Banning ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Blades
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blades is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Seaford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Ellendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Adamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hickman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Williamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Harrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Houston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- 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
- Milford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Haven is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
- Whiteleysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Hickman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Federalsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hynson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Denton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whiteleysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Bethlehem
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tuckahoe Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Griffin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Greensboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Reliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Finchville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Galestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Williamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Eldorado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Marshyhope Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Brookview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Hurlock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodesdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Waddells Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- East New Market
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Secretary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Queen Anne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Willoughby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ingleside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Roe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Talbot Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Trappe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Easton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Skipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Wicomico County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Sharptown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Delmar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Rockawalking Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Parsonsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centennial Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Salisbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- White Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Pittsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Quantico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Worcester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Whaleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bishopville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Showell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Showell is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bridgeville Manor, see our County-by-County Page for Bridgeville Manor.
Cemeteries Near Bridgeville Manor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bridgeville Manor.
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 Bridgeville Manor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bridgeville Manor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- St. Johnstown Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blades Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Banning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Jones Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pratt Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Bridgeville Manor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bridgeville Manor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bridgeville Manor, with the one closest to Bridgeville Manor listed first.
- Bridgeville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cannon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Middleford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Middleford is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleford
- Ross
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ross is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seaford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Smithville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smithville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Federalsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Reliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Woodland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Redden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Redden is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redden
- Robbins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Robbins is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bridgeville Manor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bridgeville Manor.
Newspapers Published in Bridgeville Manor ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bridgeville Manor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bridgeville Manor, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bridgeville Manor.
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 Bridgeville Manor:
- 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
- Worcester County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Delaware
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 Bridgeville Manor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bridgeville Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |