Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Hourglass (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 Hourglass. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hourglass 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 Hourglass. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hourglass:
- Kent County (The home county of Hourglass)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- The Village at Wild Quail
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hartly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marydel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dinahs Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Wyoming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carlisle Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
- Sandtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Bicentennial Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Camden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rodney Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rodney Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney Village
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Blackbird
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Vandyke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Townsend
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Middletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- McDonough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Port Penn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
- Saint Georges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Greenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Scotts Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Anderson Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Argo Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Slaughter Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ellendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Waples
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waples is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Marydel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Templeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Whiteleysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Bridgetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Greensboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Ridgely
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Denton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Warwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cecilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Earleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- John Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
- Hack Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
- Cayots
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
- Saint Augustine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- Chesapeake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- The Woods of Town Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Millington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Sassafras
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Dogwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Galena
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Locust Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Kennedyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chestertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mile Tree Village
(21 miles [33.8 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 Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Sudlersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roberts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Roe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- 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
- Crumpton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Kings Town Manor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kings Town Manor is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Town Manor
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wye Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Woodland
(27 miles [43.5 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 Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Roadstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- 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 Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hancocks Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hourglass, see our County-by-County Page for Hourglass.
Cemeteries Near Hourglass ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hourglass.
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 Hourglass - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hourglass covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Bethesda Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Templeville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Amish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Downham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blanco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bryn Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- Busic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Jerusalem Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(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>
While we didn't find Hourglass in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hourglass.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hourglass, with the one closest to Hourglass listed first.
- Pearsons Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pearsons Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
- Slaughter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Marydel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Hartly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Templeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Downs Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
- Wyoming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Camden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Viola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hourglass. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hourglass.
Newspapers Published in Hourglass ...
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 Hourglass.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hourglass, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hourglass.
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 Hourglass:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Caroline County
- Cecil County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Cumberland County
- Salem County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Delaware
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hourglass) 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 Hourglass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |