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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 Greenville (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 Greenville. 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.

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

  • Kent County     (The home county of Greenville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Vernon
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Vernon is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Brownsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Andrewsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Andrewsville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
    • Farmington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Adamsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Adamsville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Hickman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hickman is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
    • Harrington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Whiteleysburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
    • Houston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Williamsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Williamsville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
    • Felton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Church Hill Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
    • Sandtown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Sandtown is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Sussex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotts Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
    • Banning ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Banning is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
    • Bridgeville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Lincoln
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ellendale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Briar Hook
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
    • Anderson Crossroads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
    • Heritage Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
    • Ross
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Ross is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
    • Seaford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Argo Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
  • Caroline County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Hickman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
    • Whiteleysburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
    • Oil City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Greensboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Denton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • 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 <1>
    • Maple Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
    • Goldsboro
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Ridgely
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Griffin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Griffin is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
    • Tuckahoe Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
    • Henderson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hollingsworth Circle
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Federalsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dorchester County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Reliance
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
    • Finchville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
    • Williamsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Hurlock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hurlock is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,007 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurlock <1>
    • Marshyhope Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
    • Waddells Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
    • Eldorado
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (22 miles [35.4 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
    • Galestown
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • East New Market
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Secretary
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
  • Kent County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Millington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Old Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Massey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Cliffs City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cliffs City is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
    • Pomona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pomona is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
  • Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Queen Anne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ruthsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
    • Ingleside
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Roe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
    • Willoughby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
    • Barclay
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Price
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • Roberts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Sudlersville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Centreville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Church Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • The Village at Church Hill Crossing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomingdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Talbot County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Tappers Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
    • Cordova
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Woodland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
    • Skipton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
    • Talbot Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
    • Wye Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Easton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Easton is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,611 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <1>
    • Trappe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Trappe is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trappe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,000 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trappe <1>
    • Kirkham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Kirkham is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
    • Leeds Landing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • 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 west)
      • Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
    • 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)
  • Wicomico County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Sharptown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Sharptown is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
    • Mardela Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Delmar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Delmar is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,596 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delmar <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Greenville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenville.

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 Greenville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Greenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenville.

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

  • Vernon
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Vernon is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
  • Brownsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownsville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
  • Burrsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Burrsville is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
  • Hickman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickman is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
  • Farmington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Harrington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hobbs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hobbs is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Hollandsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hollandsville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Whiteleysburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
  • Anthony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Anthony is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Andersontown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Andersontown is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Concord
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Concord is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Smithville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Smithville is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
    • Felton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Greenville ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenville.

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 Greenville:

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>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- Greenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Greenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.