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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 Forest Gate (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 Forest Gate. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

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

  • Kent County     (The home county of Forest Gate)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Blackiston
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Blackiston is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
    • Kenton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hartly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dinahs Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
    • Clayton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Burtonwood Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
    • Cheswold
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lakeshore Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
    • Spruance City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Spruance City is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruance City
    • 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
    • Carlisle Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Carlisle Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
    • Marydel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • New Castle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Vandyke
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Vandyke is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
    • Forest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Forest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Blackbird
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
    • Townsend
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Deakyneville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
    • Middletown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • McDonough
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • McDonough is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
    • Summit Bridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
    • Port Penn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Saint Georges
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Kirkwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Sussex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Lincoln Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Lincoln
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Caroline County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Templeville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Marydel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Henderson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Goldsboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Hollingsworth Circle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
    • Greensboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Maple Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
    • Whiteleysburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
    • Ridgely
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Hillsboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
  • Cecil County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Warwick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Cecilton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Earleville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • John Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
    • Hack Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
    • Cayots
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
    • Saint Augustine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
    • Chesapeake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • The Woods of Town Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Delancy Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Delancy Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delancy Village
    • Bacon Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Bacon Hill is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
    • Elkton
      (26 miles [41.8 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 <1>
  • Harford County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Aberdeen Proving Ground
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Michaelsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Michaelsville is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
    • Bayside Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bayside Village is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
    • Havre de Grace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Aberdeen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Aberdeen is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,964 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <1>
    • Perryman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Perryman is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryman
  • Kent County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Millington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Massey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Galena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lambson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
    • Sassafras
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
    • Dogwood Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
    • Gregg Neck
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
    • Georgetown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Locust Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Kennedyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Mile Tree Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
    • Morganec Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Morganec Village is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
  • Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Sudlersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Barclay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
    • Crumpton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ingleside
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Roberts
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Church Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Catlin ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
    • 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
    • The Village at Church Hill Crossing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Town Manor
      (17 miles [27.4 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
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Tappers Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
    • Wye Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cordova
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Skipton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
  • Cumberland County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Bay Side
      (19 miles [30.6 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
      (23 miles [37 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 east)
      • 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
  • Salem County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Gate, with the one closest to Forest Gate listed first.
    • Canton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Hancocks Bridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
    • Pecks Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecks Corner is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
    • Quinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
    • Salem
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Acton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Acton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Alloway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alloway is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
    • Penton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Penton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
    • Pointers
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Forest Gate, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Gate.

Cemeteries Near Forest Gate ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Gate.

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 Forest Gate - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Blanco Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Blackiston Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bryn Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Holdens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Delaney Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Emmanuel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sudlersville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Templeville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bethesda Methodist Protestant Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Asbury Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Peter's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 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 <2>
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • Massey Chapel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Clements Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Busic Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Forest Gate in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Gate.

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

  • Downs Chapel
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
  • Blackiston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackiston is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
  • Kenton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Delaney Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Delaney Corner is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney Corner
  • Hartly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Slaughter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Slaughter is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
  • Pearsons Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pearsons Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
  • Brenford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Brenford is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenford
  • Clayton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Millington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sudlersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Templeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Golts
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Green Spring
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Spring is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
    • Massey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Forest Gate ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Gate.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Gate, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Gate.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Forest Gate:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Gate) 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 Forest Gate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.