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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 Hartly (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 Hartly. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

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

  • Kent County     (The home county of Hartly)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Dinahs Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
    • Kenton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Marydel
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Village at Wild Quail
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlisle Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Carlisle Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
    • Blackiston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Blackiston is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
    • Cheswold
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bicentennial Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Wyoming
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lakeshore Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
    • Willow Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Grove is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Burtonwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
    • Clayton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • New Castle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Forest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Forest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Vandyke
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Vandyke is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
    • Blackbird
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
    • Townsend
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Deakyneville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
    • Middletown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • McDonough
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • McDonough is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
    • Port Penn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Summit Bridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
    • Kirkwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Georges
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Delaware City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Sussex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Lincoln
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotts Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
    • Banning ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Banning is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
    • Anderson Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
    • Argo Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
    • Slaughter Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellendale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridgeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jefferson Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
  • Caroline County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Templeville
      (3 miles [4.8 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
      (4 miles [6.4 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Goldsboro
      (10 miles [16.1 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
      (10 miles [16.1 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
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
    • Greensboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Maple Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
    • Whiteleysburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
    • Ridgely
      (17 miles [27.4 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
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Thomas Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Thomas Town is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
    • Denton
      (21 miles [33.8 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 <1>
  • Cecil County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Warwick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cecilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Earleville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • John Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
    • Hack Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
    • Cayots
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
    • Saint Augustine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
    • The Woods of Town Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Chesapeake City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Delancy Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Delancy Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delancy Village
  • Harford County (MD)
    • 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 Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Millington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Massey
      (11 miles [17.7 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
    • Galena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dogwood Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
    • Gregg Neck
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
    • Georgetown
      (16 miles [25.7 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)
    • Mile Tree Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
    • Chestertown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Morganec Village
      (19 miles [30.6 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 Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Sudlersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Barclay
      (8 miles [12.9 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
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Roberts
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Crumpton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Roe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
    • Church Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Price
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • The Village at Church Hill Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Catlin ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
    • Ruthsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
    • 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 Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Tappers Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
    • Cordova
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Wye Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Skipton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
    • Woodland
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Bay Side
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
    • Greenwich
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Othello
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
    • Roadstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Roadstown is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
    • Cedarville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Fairton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
  • Salem County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartly, with the one closest to Hartly listed first.
    • Canton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Hancocks Bridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
    • Pecks Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecks Corner is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
    • Quinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
    • Salem
      (30 miles [48.3 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

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

Cemeteries Near Hartly ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartly.

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

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

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

  • Bethesda Methodist Protestant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmanuel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Templeville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Blanco Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Asbury Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bryn Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Busic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackiston Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Amish Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Holdens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sudlersville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (167 more) ...
    • Rochester Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hartly had a population of 227 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hartly had a population of 76 people.

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

  • Slaughter
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Slaughter is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
  • Templeville
    (3 miles [4.8 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
  • Pearsons Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pearsons Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
  • Downs Chapel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
  • Marydel
    (4 miles [6.4 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
  • Kenton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Henderson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackiston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Blackiston is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
  • Sudlersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Barclay
    (8 miles [12.9 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
  • Petersburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Willow Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Grove is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Wyoming
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Brenford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Brenford is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenford
    • Delaney Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Delaney Corner is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney Corner

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

Newspapers Published in Hartly ...

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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartly.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartly, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartly.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hartly:

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- Hartly) 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 Hartly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.