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 Mallards Run (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 Mallards Run. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Mallards Run 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 Mallards Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mallards Run:
- Kent County (The home county of Mallards Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Smyrna
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunnyside Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
- Clayton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spruance City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spruance City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruance City
- Burtonwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
- Lakeshore Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
- Cheswold
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blackiston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackiston is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
- Leipsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carlisle Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
- Dinahs Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Deakyneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Blackbird
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Townsend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vandyke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Odessa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Middletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McDonough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Port Penn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Georges
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
- Delaware City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Templeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Marydel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Henderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Hollingsworth Circle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Bridgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Whiteleysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Greensboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Ridgely
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Warwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cecilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Augustine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- Cayots
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
- Earleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hack Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
- Chesapeake City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- John Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
- The Woods of Town Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delancy Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Delancy Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delancy Village
- Elkton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Village
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Sassafras
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Massey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Millington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gregg Neck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Dogwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lambson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Locust Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Kennedyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Still Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Still Pond is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Pond
- Lynch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lynch is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Sudlersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barclay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Crumpton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ingleside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Roberts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Church Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Price
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Roe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Kings Town Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kings Town Manor is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Town Manor
- Kingstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kingstown is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Bay Side
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Greenwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Othello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Roadstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Fairton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Cedarville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Bridgeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Beals Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beals Mill is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Mill
- Bridgeton Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton Junction is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton Junction
- Turkey Point Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Seabrook Farms
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seabrook Farms is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook Farms
- West Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Village is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Salem County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hancocks Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Pecks Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Quinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Pointers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers
- Acton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Acton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Alloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alloway is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Penton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Penton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Friesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Friesburg is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Pennsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Riddleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mallards Run, see our County-by-County Page for Mallards Run.
Cemeteries Near Mallards Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mallards Run.
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 Mallards Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mallards Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- St. Peter's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peter's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Smyrna.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1321538 <2>
- Massey Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bryn Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roby United Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blackiston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lee - Haven UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee - Haven UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lee - Haven UMC Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Townsend.
- The Lee - Haven UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lees Cemetery
- Lees Chapel Cemetery
- Pinetree Cemetery
- Delaney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Moors Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Mallards Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mallards Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mallards Run, with the one closest to Mallards Run listed first.
- Smyrna
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clayton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Spring is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Brenford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brenford is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenford
- Blackiston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackiston is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
- Deakyneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Blackbird
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Kenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Delaney Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Delaney Corner is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney Corner
- Downs Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fieldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fieldsboro is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Townsend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vandyke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mallards Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mallards Run.
Newspapers Published in Mallards Run ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mallards Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mallards Run, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mallards Run.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mallards Run:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Castle County
- Caroline County
- Cecil County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Cumberland County
- Salem 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' (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- Mallards Run) 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 Mallards Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |