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 McDonalds Crossroads (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 McDonalds Crossroads. 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 McDonalds Crossroads ...
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 McDonalds Crossroads: McDonalds Xrds.
- While the name of this community is McDonalds Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McDonalds Crossroads may originally have been McDonald's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McDonalds Crossroads might be written as McDonald Crossroads.
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.
McDonalds Crossroads 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 McDonalds Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McDonalds Crossroads:
- Sussex County (The home county of McDonalds Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blades
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blades is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Ellendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harbeson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mission
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mission is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Heritage Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ross is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- East Side Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Side Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Village
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Williamsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Andrewsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Houston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Adamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Church Hill Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Woods Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woods Haven is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
- Hickman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Harrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- 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 McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- Federalsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hickman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Hynson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Denton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Whiteleysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Preston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Greensboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- Reliance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Galestown
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Finchville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Walnut Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Brookview
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Marshyhope Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Williamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Rhodesdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hurlock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Vienna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- Eden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Loretto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loretto is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Wicomico County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- Delmar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sharptown
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Pittsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Parsonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Willards
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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
- White Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Cedar Hurst Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 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 McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- 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)
- Whaleyville
(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 southeast)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McDonalds Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for McDonalds Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near McDonalds Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McDonalds Crossroads.
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 McDonalds Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McDonalds Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reed Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Banning Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Carey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (183 more) ...
- Macedonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blades Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 McDonalds Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McDonalds Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McDonalds Crossroads, with the one closest to McDonalds Crossroads listed first.
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Shortly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shortly is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortly
- Redden
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Redden is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redden
- Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Stockley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stockley is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockley
- Robbins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Robbins is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Middleford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Middleford is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleford
- Bennum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bennum is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennum
- Broad Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broad Creek is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
- Mission
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mission is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Millsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Harbeson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ellendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bridgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McDonalds Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around McDonalds Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in McDonalds Crossroads ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around McDonalds Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McDonalds Crossroads, 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 McDonalds Crossroads.
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 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 McDonalds Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kent County
- Caroline County
- Dorchester County
- Somerset County
- Wicomico County
- Worcester 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 '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- McDonalds Crossroads) 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 McDonalds Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |