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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 Byewood 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 Byewood 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 Byewood 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 Byewood Manor: Byewood 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Byewood 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 Byewood Manor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Byewood Manor:

  • Sussex County     (The home county of Byewood Manor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byewood Manor, with the one closest to Byewood Manor listed first.
    • Millville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ocean View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Clarksville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Clarksville is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Boyers Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyers Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyers Village
    • Blackwater Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Blackwater Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Village
    • Bethany Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Bethany Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Village
    • Ocean Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Ocean Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Village
    • Bethany Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Massey Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Massey Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Landing
    • Long Neck
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Bayard is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
    • Omar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Omar is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byewood Manor, with the one closest to Byewood Manor listed first.
    • Milford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Woods Haven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Woods Haven is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
  • Wicomico County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byewood Manor, with the one closest to Byewood Manor listed first.
    • New Hope
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • New Hope is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Willards
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Willards is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willards
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,012 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willards <1>
    • Pittsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Powellville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Powellville is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
    • Parsonsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Whiton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Whiton is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
    • Delmar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Delmar is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,596 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delmar <1>
    • White Plains
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Salisbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Salisbury is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,017 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <1>
    • Dogwood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
    • Cedar Hurst Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
  • Worcester County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byewood Manor, with the one closest to Byewood Manor listed first.
    • Bishopville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bishop
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
    • Ocean Bay City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Ocean Bay City is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bay City
    • Ocean Pines
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Showell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Showell is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
    • North Ocean City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • North Ocean City is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ocean City
    • Whaleyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ocean City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • West Ocean City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • West Ocean City is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ocean City
    • Berlin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Berlin is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <1>
    • Newark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedartown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cedartown is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
  • Cape May County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byewood Manor, with the one closest to Byewood Manor listed first.
    • Cape May
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape May
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
    • Cold Spring
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cold Spring is located in Cape May County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
    • North Cape May
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • North Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cape May

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

Cemeteries Near Byewood Manor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Byewood 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 Byewood Manor - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Georges Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Ocean View Presbyterian Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Banks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Daisey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisey Cemetery
    • The Daisey Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rickards / Daisey Cemetery
    • Wilgus Road Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2589210 <2>
  • Wilgus Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Baker Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Millsboro Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Redman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Redman Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Dagsboro.
    • The Redman Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Millsboro Cemetery
  • Carey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Long Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Men Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (113 more) ...
    • Harmony Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Golden Acres Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bishopville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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 Byewood Manor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Byewood Manor.

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

  • Millville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ocean View
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Omar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Omar is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
  • Bayard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bayard is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
  • Roxana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Roxana is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
  • Trinity
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Trinity is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
  • Frankford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bunting
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bunting is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
  • Williamsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Williamsville is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
  • Bayville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bayville is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
  • Warwick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Warwick is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Dagsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Selbyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bishopville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Millsboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Byewood 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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Byewood Manor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Byewood Manor, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Byewood Manor.

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 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 Byewood Manor:

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>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- Byewood Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Byewood Manor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.