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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 Clarksons 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 Clarksons 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 Clarksons 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 Clarksons Crossroads: Clarksons Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Clarksons Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Clarksons Crossroads may originally have been Clarkson's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Clarksons Crossroads might be written as Clarkson 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Clarksons 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 Clarksons Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clarksons Crossroads:
- Sussex County (The home county of Clarksons Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Briar Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Bridgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Heritage Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blades
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Reliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Laurel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ellendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Adamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hickman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Andrewsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Williamsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Harrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Houston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Church Hill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Haven is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Federalsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hickman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Hynson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Preston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Denton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Tuckahoe Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Whiteleysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Griffin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Tanyard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Greensboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Reliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Finchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Galestown
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Brookview
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodesdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Waddells Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- East New Market
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Secretary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Queen Anne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- 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
- Bloomingdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Somerset County (MD)
- Eden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Trappe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Easton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Skipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Kirkham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Wye Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Newcomb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Royal Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wicomico County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Sharptown
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Delmar
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs
(18 miles [29 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
- Hebron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Rockawalking Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Centennial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Quantico
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Salisbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Parsonsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Pittsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Worcester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Whaleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clarksons Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Clarksons Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Clarksons Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clarksons 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 Clarksons Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clarksons Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blades Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Concord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johnstown Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Clarksons Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clarksons Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clarksons Crossroads, with the one closest to Clarksons Crossroads listed first.
- Cannon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cannon is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Bridgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middleford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Middleford is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleford
- Smithville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Federalsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Agner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Agner is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agner
- Finchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Nichols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nichols is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clarksons Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarksons Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Clarksons 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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarksons Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clarksons 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 Clarksons Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Clarksons 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
- Somerset County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Worcester 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 Clarksons 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clarksons Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |