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 Devonshire Woods (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 Devonshire Woods. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Devonshire Woods 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 Devonshire Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Devonshire Woods:
- Sussex County (The home county of Devonshire Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Heritage Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Briar Hook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Seaford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blades
(2 miles [3.2 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Bridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Laurel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Adamsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Andrewsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Farmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Brownsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Williamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Harrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Houston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Church Hill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Milford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Federalsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Hynson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grove is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Preston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Denton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckahoe Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Oil City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Tanyard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Whiteleysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Griffin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Reliance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Finchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Galestown
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Brookview
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Marshyhope Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Walnut Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Rhodesdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hurlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Rabbit Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Queen Anne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Somerset County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Eden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Loretto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Loretto is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Mount Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Trappe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Easton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Skipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Kirkham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newcomb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Wicomico County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Sharptown
(9 miles [14.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Rockawalking Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Centennial Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Quantico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Salisbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- White Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Parsonsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Worcester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Whaleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bishopville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Showell
(29 miles [46.7 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 Devonshire Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Devonshire Woods.
Cemeteries Near Devonshire Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Devonshire Woods.
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 Devonshire Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Devonshire Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blades Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Laurel Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Laurel.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104388 <2>
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 Devonshire Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Devonshire Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Devonshire Woods, with the one closest to Devonshire Woods listed first.
- Ross
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cannon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cannon is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Middleford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Middleford is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleford
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Reliance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Woodland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Bridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Broad Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Creek is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
- Finchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Federalsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Galestown
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Laurel
(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 Devonshire Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Devonshire Woods.
Newspapers Published in Devonshire Woods ...
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 Devonshire Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Devonshire Woods, 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 Devonshire Woods.
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 Devonshire Woods:
- 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> | 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 Devonshire Woods, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Devonshire Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |