A visit to the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery (FG ID #2297770).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery:
38.8869, -75.7268
The Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery is located in Kent County<2>.
The county seat for Kent County is located in Dover. Dover lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Browns Farm Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ames Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ames Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames Cemetery
- Whiteley Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Todds Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White's Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Spring Grove Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Cemetery
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Elizabeths Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Elizabeths Cemetery
- Old St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Old St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old St. Lukes Cemetery
- Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Denton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Denton Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Pratt Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Greensboro Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro Cemetery
- Ridgely Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Ridgely Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely Cemetery
- Bloomery Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Bloomery Cemetery is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomery Cemetery
- Tharp Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hickman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brownsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whiteleysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oil City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Andrewsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Denton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Scotts Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greensboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maple Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgely
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Tuckahoe Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sandtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Felton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kent County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Denton
- Greensboro
- Harrington
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Delaware:
- Pages specific to Kent County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2297770
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Delaware's counties, including Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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- Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |