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 Edwardsville (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 Edwardsville. 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.
Edwardsville 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 Edwardsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edwardsville:
- Kent County (The home county of Edwardsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Sandtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Whiteleysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Brownsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Felton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Summerfield Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Marydel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Viola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Village at Wild Quail
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Vandyke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Blackbird
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Deakyneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Townsend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Banning ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Lincoln Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Anderson Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Ellendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Argo Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Slaughter Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Heritage Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Goldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Greensboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maple Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Henderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollingsworth Circle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Marydel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Oil City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Bridgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Ridgely
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Templeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Denton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Cecilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Warwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Earleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Reliance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Williamsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Finchville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Waddells Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Hurlock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Brookview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- East New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Galestown
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Rhodesdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Millington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Massey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lambson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Mile Tree Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Old Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Chestertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Pomona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Cliffs City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Dogwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Galena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gregg Neck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Ingleside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- 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
- Barclay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Roberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Queen Anne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Price
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Sudlersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Church Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centreville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crumpton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Skipton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Kirkham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Newcomb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Trappe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edwardsville, see our County-by-County Page for Edwardsville.
Cemeteries Near Edwardsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edwardsville.
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 Edwardsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edwardsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Whiteley Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White's Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Browns Farm Burial Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Union UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Jarrell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Downham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Edwardsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edwardsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edwardsville, with the one closest to Edwardsville listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Hollandsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hollandsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
- Goldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Greensboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Brownsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Henderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Burrsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burrsville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
- Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Felton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marydel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Harrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Viola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgely
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edwardsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edwardsville.
Newspapers Published in Edwardsville ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edwardsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edwardsville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edwardsville.
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 websites either 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 Edwardsville:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Caroline County
- Cecil County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edwardsville) 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 Edwardsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |