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 Mahan (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 Mahan. 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 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.
Mahan 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 Mahan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mahan:
- Kent County (The home county of Mahan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Sandtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Marydel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- The Village at Wild Quail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hartly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Felton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Star Hill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
- Dinahs Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
- Wyoming
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Vandyke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Blackbird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Townsend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McDonough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Banning ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Lincoln Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Anderson Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Ellendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Slaughter Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Briar Hook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Waples
(27 miles [43.5 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 Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Henderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marydel
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Goldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Templeville
(5 miles [8 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
- Hollingsworth Circle
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Whiteleysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Greensboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Bridgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Ridgely
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Denton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Cecilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Warwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Earleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- John Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
- Hack Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
- Cayots
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
- Saint Augustine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Reliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Finchville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Hurlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Millington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Massey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lambson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Galena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Chestertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Locust Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mile Tree Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Morganec Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Gregg Neck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Georgetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Ingleside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Barclay
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Sudlersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Roe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Price
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Ruthsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Church Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Crumpton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Queen Anne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Centreville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Talbot Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Bay Side
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Greenwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mahan, see our County-by-County Page for Mahan.
Cemeteries Near Mahan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mahan.
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 Mahan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mahan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Templeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Union UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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<3> 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 <2>
- Hopkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jarrell Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Downham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Asbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Busic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- Rochester Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteley Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Mahan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mahan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mahan, with the one closest to Mahan listed first.
- Henderson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Marydel
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Goldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Templeville
(5 miles [8 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
- Hollandsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollandsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
- Slaughter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Slaughter is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Greensboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteleysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Pearsons Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pearsons Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
- Hartly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mahan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mahan.
Newspapers Published in Mahan ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mahan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mahan, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mahan.
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 Mahan:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Caroline County
- Cecil County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Cumberland 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> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mahan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mahan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |