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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 Fords Corner (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 Fords Corner. 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 Fords Corner ...

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 Fords Corner: Fords Cor. (or less commonly used: Fords Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Fords Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fords Corner may originally have been Ford's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fords Corner might be written as Ford Corner.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fords Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fords Corner.

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 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.

Fords Corner 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 Fords Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fords Corner:

  • Kent County     (The home county of Fords Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Hartly
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Dinahs Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
    • Kenton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackiston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Blackiston is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
    • Carlisle Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Carlisle Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
    • Cheswold
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lakeshore Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
    • The Village at Wild Quail
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marydel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clayton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunnyside Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
    • Bicentennial Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • New Castle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Vandyke
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Vandyke is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
    • Blackbird
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
    • Forest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Forest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Townsend
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Deakyneville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
    • Middletown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • McDonough
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • McDonough is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
    • Port Penn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Summit Bridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
    • Saint Georges
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Kirkwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Sussex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Lincoln Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Lincoln
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Banning ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Banning is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
    • Scotts Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
    • Slaughter Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Anderson Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
    • Argo Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
    • Ellendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Caroline County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Templeville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Marydel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Henderson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Goldsboro
      (11 miles [17.7 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
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Bridgetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
    • Greensboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Maple Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
    • Whiteleysburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
    • Ridgely
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Oil City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Denton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Denton is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,538 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denton <2>
  • Cecil County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Warwick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cecilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Earleville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • John Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
    • Cayots
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
    • Saint Augustine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
    • Hack Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
    • The Woods of Town Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Chesapeake City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Delancy Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Delancy Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delancy Village
    • Elkton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Elkton is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <2>
    • Forest View Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Forest View Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View Village
  • Harford County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Aberdeen Proving Ground
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Michaelsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Michaelsville is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
  • Kent County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Millington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Massey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lambson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
    • Sassafras
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
    • Dogwood Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
    • Galena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gregg Neck
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
    • Georgetown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Locust Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Kennedyville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chestertown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Mile Tree Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
  • Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Sudlersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • 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
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Roberts
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Crumpton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Price
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • Roe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
    • 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
    • Kings Town Manor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Kings Town Manor is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Town Manor
    • Kingstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Kingstown is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
  • Talbot County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Tappers Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
    • Wye Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cordova
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Skipton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
    • Woodland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
  • Cumberland County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Bay Side
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
    • Greenwich
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Othello
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
    • Roadstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Roadstown is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
    • Cedarville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Fairton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
    • Bridgeton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
    • Turkey Point Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
  • Salem County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.
    • Canton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Hancocks Bridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
    • Pecks Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecks Corner is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
    • Quinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
    • Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Salem is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
    • Pointers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fords Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Fords Corner.

Cemeteries Near Fords Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fords Corner.

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 Fords Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fords Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.

  • Emmanuel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Blanco Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethesda Methodist Protestant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Asbury Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bryn Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Templeville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackiston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Amish Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Holdens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Busic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Delaney Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (165 more) ...
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • St. Peter's Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter's Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peter's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Smyrna.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1321538 <4>
    • Salem Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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.<5>

While we didn't find Fords Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fords Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fords Corner, with the one closest to Fords Corner listed first.

  • Hartly
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Downs Chapel
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
  • Slaughter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Slaughter is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
  • Pearsons Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pearsons Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
  • Kenton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Blackiston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Blackiston is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
  • Templeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Marydel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Brenford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brenford is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenford
  • Delaney Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Delaney Corner is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney Corner
  • Clayton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Henderson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Millington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sudlersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • 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

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fords Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fords Corner.

Newspapers Published in Fords Corner ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fords Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fords Corner, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fords Corner.

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 Fords Corner:

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>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- Fords Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Fords Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.