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 Hughes Crossroads (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 Hughes Crossroads. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Hughes Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Hughes Crossroads: Hughes Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Hughes Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hughes Crossroads may originally have been Hughe's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hughes Crossroads might be written as Hughe Crossroads.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the 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.
Hughes Crossroads 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 Hughes Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hughes Crossroads:
- Kent County (The home county of Hughes Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Sandtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Felton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Willow Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Harrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Viola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Adamsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Vandyke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Blackbird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Deakyneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Townsend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Banning ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Lincoln Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Bridgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Argo Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Briar Hook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Heritage Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Jefferson Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 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 Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Greensboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Maple Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Henderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollingsworth Circle
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Hickman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Marydel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Bridgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Williamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Finchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Reliance
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Hurlock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Marshyhope Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Brookview
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Eldorado
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Galestown
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East New Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Secretary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Millington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Massey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Old Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Lambson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Mile Tree Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Chestertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Cliffs City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Dogwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Galena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Ingleside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Roe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Barclay
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Queen Anne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Roberts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Price
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Sudlersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Church Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centreville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Skipton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Kirkham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Trappe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newcomb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Wicomico County (MD)
- Sharptown
(29 miles [46.7 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hughes Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Hughes Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Hughes Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hughes Crossroads.
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 Hughes Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hughes Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Whiteley Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- White's Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Browns Farm Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Downham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Union UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Union UMC Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the west of Goldsboro (MD).
- The New Union UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81732 <3>
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ames Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find Hughes Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hughes Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hughes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hughes Crossroads listed first.
- Hollandsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hollandsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
- Whiteleysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Burrsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burrsville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
- Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Greensboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Felton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Harrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Anthony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Anthony is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hobbs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hobbs is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Henderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Viola
(8 miles [12.9 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 Hughes Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hughes Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Hughes Crossroads ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hughes Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hughes Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hughes Crossroads.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Hughes Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Caroline County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Delaware
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hughes Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hughes Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |