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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 Newark (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 Newark. 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.

Newark is located in New Castle 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 New Castle County: Kent, Cecil (MD), Kent (MD), Gloucester (NJ), Salem (NJ), Chester (PA) & Delaware (PA).

Below are the counties that are near Newark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newark:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newark, see our County-by-County Page for Newark.

Cemeteries Near Newark ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newark.

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 Newark - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newark covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newark, with the one closest to Newark listed first.

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Newark Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Otts Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Salem Methodist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • All Saints Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • London Britain Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Flint Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gilpin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilpin Manor Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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    • Pencader Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • St. James Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Leeds Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Newark had a population of 1,191 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Newark had a population of 33,849 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Newark, with the one closest to Newark listed first.

  • Pencader
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Pencader is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pencader
  • Wilson
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ruthby
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Barksdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
  • Bank ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bank is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
  • Iron Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Iron Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
  • Ogletown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Harmony
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Harmony is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Choate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Choate is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choate
  • Thompson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Thompson is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Appleton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newark. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newark.

Newspapers Published in Newark ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newark.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Newark:

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>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 Newark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.