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 Kings Second Addition (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 Kings Second Addition. 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 Kings Second Addition ...
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.
While the name of this community is Kings Second Addition, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kings Second Addition may originally have been King's Second Addition.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kings Second Addition might be written as King Second Addition.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kings Second Addition is located in Sussex 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 Sussex County: Kent, Caroline (MD), Dorchester (MD), Wicomico (MD), Worcester (MD) & Cape May (NJ).
Below are the counties that are near Kings Second Addition. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kings Second Addition:
- Sussex County (The home county of Kings Second Addition)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Second Addition, with the one closest to Kings Second Addition listed first.
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harbeson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Side Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Side Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Village
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cool Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cool Spring is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Hollyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hollyville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyville
- Ellendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hollymount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hollymount is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymount
- Millsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Banning ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Mission
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mission is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Second Addition, with the one closest to Kings Second Addition listed first.
- Milford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Woods Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Woods Haven is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
- Church Hill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Andrewsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Adamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Harrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Hickman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Second Addition, with the one closest to Kings Second Addition listed first.
- Hickman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Federalsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hynson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Whiteleysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Denton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Preston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tuckahoe Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Second Addition, with the one closest to Kings Second Addition listed first.
- Reliance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Galestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Finchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Brookview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Eldorado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Walnut Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Marshyhope Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Williamsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hurlock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rhodesdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wicomico County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Second Addition, with the one closest to Kings Second Addition listed first.
- Delmar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Pittsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Willards
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sharptown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Parsonsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- White Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Cedar Hurst Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Hebron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Powellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Powellville is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Mardela Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Rockawalking Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Worcester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Second Addition, with the one closest to Kings Second Addition listed first.
- Whaleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bishop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bishopville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Showell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Showell is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
- Ocean Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <2>
- Ocean Bay City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean Bay City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bay City
- North Ocean City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Ocean City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ocean City
- Ocean City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Ocean City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Ocean City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ocean City
- Newark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cape May County (NJ)
- North Cape May
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cape May
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kings Second Addition, see our County-by-County Page for Kings Second Addition.
Cemeteries Near Kings Second Addition ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings Second Addition.
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 Kings Second Addition - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kings Second Addition covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kings Second Addition, with the one closest to Kings Second Addition listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hebron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reed Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Faith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Market Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ponder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Banning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Field Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Field Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Field Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Millsboro.
- Indian Mission 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.<5>
While we didn't find Kings Second Addition in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kings Second Addition.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kings Second Addition, with the one closest to Kings Second Addition listed first.
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Redden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Redden is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redden
- Stockley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stockley is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockley
- Bennum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bennum is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennum
- Robbins
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Robbins is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Shortly
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shortly is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortly
- Harbeson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sycamore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Hollyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hollyville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyville
- Cool Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cool Spring is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Middleford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Middleford is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleford
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Millsboro
(9 miles [14.5 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 Kings Second Addition. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kings Second Addition.
Newspapers Published in Kings Second Addition ...
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 Kings Second Addition.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kings Second Addition, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kings Second Addition.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Kings Second Addition:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kent County
- Caroline County
- Dorchester County
- Wicomico County
- Worcester County
- Cape May 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Kings Second Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Kings Second Addition, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |