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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 Knotts Landing (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 Knotts Landing. 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 Knotts Landing ...
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 Knotts Landing: Knotts Lndg. (or less commonly used: Knotts Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Knotts Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Knotts Landing may originally have been Knott's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Knotts Landing might be written as Knott Landing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Knotts Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Knotts Landing.
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 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.
Knotts Landing 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 Knotts Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knotts Landing:
- Kent County (The home county of Knotts Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Woods Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woods Haven is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
- Milford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Church Hill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Houston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Williamsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Frederica
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Harrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bowers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bowers is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Felton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Summerfield Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- New Castle County
- Deakyneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Lincoln Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Anderson Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Argo Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Slaughter Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ellendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Banning ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Waples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waples is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Side Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Side Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Village
- Bridgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Hickman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Henderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Greensboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marydel
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Maple Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Oil City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Denton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hollingsworth Circle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Templeville
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 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 Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Reliance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Finchville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Galestown
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Marshyhope Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Eldorado
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kent County (MD)
- Millington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Ingleside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Barclay
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Roberts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Sudlersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Price
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Willoughby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cape May County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- North Cape May
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cape May
- Villas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Villas is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Cape May
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape May
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- Cold Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cold Spring is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Erma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Erma is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erma
- Norburys Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Del Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Green Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Rio Grande
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rio Grande is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Grande
- Former name for Rio Grande:
- Crandol Town
- Rio Grande has also been known as:
- Hildreth
- Leamings
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Dividing Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Turkey Point Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Bay Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Bivalve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Cedarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Paynters Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Port Norris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knotts Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Knotts Landing.
Cemeteries Near Knotts Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knotts Landing.
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 Knotts Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knotts Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Milford Community Cemetery (New)
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Levi Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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>
- Cedar Neck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- John Wesley Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williamsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griffiths Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lincoln Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lincoln.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986714 <3>
- Thistlewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (152 more) ...
- Deputy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deputy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Deputy Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Milford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2380811 <3>
- Hickory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Hickory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Knotts Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knotts Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knotts Landing, with the one closest to Knotts Landing listed first.
- Milford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frederica
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Harrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bowers is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Felton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Canterbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Waples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waples is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Viola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knotts Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knotts Landing.
Newspapers Published in Knotts Landing ...
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 Knotts Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knotts Landing, 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 Knotts Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Knotts Landing:
- 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
- Cape May County
- Cumberland 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- Knotts Landing) 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 Knotts Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |