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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 Minners Corners (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 Minners Corners. 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 Minners Corners ...
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 Minners Corners: Minners Cors.
- While the name of this community is Minners Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Minners Corners may originally have been Minner's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Minners Corners might be written as Minner Corners.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Minners Corners 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 Minners Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Minners Corners:
- Kent County (The home county of Minners Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Felton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Summerfield Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Whiteleysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Sandtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Andrewsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Blackbird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Deakyneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Vandyke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Townsend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Lincoln Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Scotts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Lincoln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Anderson Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Ellendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Slaughter Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Briar Hook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Goldsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Greensboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maple Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Henderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Oil City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hollingsworth Circle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Marydel
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Denton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Ridgely
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Reliance
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Finchville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Williamsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hurlock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Waddells Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Brookview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Galestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Rhodesdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Secretary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Millington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Massey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Chestertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mile Tree Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Old Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Dogwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Gregg Neck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Locust Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cliffs City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Ingleside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Barclay
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Ruthsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Roberts
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Price
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Sudlersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Church Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centreville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Skipton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Wicomico County (MD)
- Sharptown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Minners Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Minners Corners.
Cemeteries Near Minners Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minners Corners.
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 Minners Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Minners Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- White's Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Whiteley Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Browns Farm Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Downham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thistlewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burrsville Branch Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Tharp Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Minners Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Minners Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Minners Corners, with the one closest to Minners Corners listed first.
- Hollandsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hollandsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
- Felton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Harrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteleysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Canterbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canterbury is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Burrsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burrsville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Woodside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frederica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Goldsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Minners Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minners Corners.
Newspapers Published in Minners Corners ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minners Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minners Corners, 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 Minners Corners.
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 helpful 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 Minners Corners:
- 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
- Wicomico 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Minners Corners) 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 Minners Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |