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 Jacksons Ridge (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 Jacksons Ridge. 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 Jacksons Ridge ...
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.
While the name of this community is Jacksons Ridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jacksons Ridge may originally have been Jackson's Ridge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jacksons Ridge might be written as Jackson Ridge.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Jacksons Ridge 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 Jacksons Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jacksons Ridge:
- Kent County (The home county of Jacksons Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Houston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Church Hill Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Williamsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Felton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Milford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woods Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woods Haven is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
- Riverview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Summerfield Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Frederica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Andrewsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Deakyneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Blackbird
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Lincoln Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Anderson Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Ellendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Slaughter Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Scotts Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Bridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waples
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waples is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
- Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Goldsboro
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Greensboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Maple Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Oil City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Henderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollingsworth Circle
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Marydel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Denton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Templeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Ridgely
(18 miles [29 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
- Bridgetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- 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 Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Reliance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Finchville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Williamsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Marshyhope Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Galestown
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Eldorado
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Hurlock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Brookview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Rhodesdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Millington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Massey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Ingleside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Barclay
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Roe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Queen Anne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Roberts
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Sudlersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Price
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Willoughby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Church Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crumpton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centreville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Skipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Easton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Wicomico County (MD)
- Sharptown
(28 miles [45.1 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 Jacksons Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Jacksons Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Jacksons Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jacksons Ridge.
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 Jacksons Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jacksons Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Hollywood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thistlewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffiths Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tharp Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Milford Community Cemetery (New)
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Odd Fellows Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Milford.
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery has also been known as:
- Milford Community Cemetery (Old)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963823 <3>
- Levi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- John Wesley Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White's Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Jacksons Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jacksons Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jacksons Ridge, with the one closest to Jacksons Ridge listed first.
- Harrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Felton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Milford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frederica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canterbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Canterbury is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Hollandsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollandsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Thompsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jacksons Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jacksons Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Jacksons Ridge ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jacksons Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jacksons Ridge, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jacksons Ridge.
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 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 Jacksons Ridge:
- 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- Jacksons Ridge) 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 Jacksons Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |