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 Chapeltown (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 Chapeltown. 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.
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 doctors and 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.
Chapeltown is located in Kent 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 Kent County: New Castle, Sussex, Caroline (MD), Kent (MD), Queen Anne's (MD), Cape May (NJ), Cumberland (NJ) & Salem (NJ).
Below are the counties that are near Chapeltown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chapeltown:
- Kent County (The home county of Chapeltown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Marydel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Village at Wild Quail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hartly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Dinahs Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
- Woodside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wyoming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Summerfield Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Camden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bicentennial Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Vandyke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Blackbird
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Townsend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Middletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McDonough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Port Penn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Greenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Banning ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Anderson Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Argo Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Ellendale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Briar Hook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Marydel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Templeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Hollingsworth Circle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hollingsworth Circle is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollingsworth Circle
- Hollingsworth Circle has also been known as:
- Hollingsworth Crossroads
- Whiteleysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Bridgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Greensboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Oil City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Ridgely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Denton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Warwick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cecilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Earleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- John Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
- Cayots
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
- Hack Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
- Saint Augustine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- The Woods of Town Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chesapeake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Millington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Massey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Sassafras
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Dogwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Galena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Locust Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mile Tree Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Kennedyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Barclay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Ingleside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Sudlersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Roe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Price
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Crumpton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Church Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Queen Anne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wye Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Woodland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Talbot Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Bay Side
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Greenwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Othello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Salem County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hancocks Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chapeltown, see our County-by-County Page for Chapeltown.
Cemeteries Near Chapeltown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chapeltown.
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 Chapeltown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chapeltown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Bethesda Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Templeville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Asbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Amish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Downham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Busic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Union UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Union UMC Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Goldsboro (MD).
- The New Union UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81732 <2>
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rochester Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jarrell Family 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 Chapeltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chapeltown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chapeltown, with the one closest to Chapeltown listed first.
- Marydel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slaughter is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Pearsons Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pearsons Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
- Templeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Hartly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wyoming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Downs Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
- Hollandsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hollandsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
- Felton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chapeltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chapeltown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Chapeltown:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Caroline County
- Cecil County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Cumberland County
- Salem 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chapeltown) 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 Chapeltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |