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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 Oak Point Acres (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 Oak Point Acres. 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 Oak Point Acres ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Oak Point Acres: Oak Pt. Acres
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Oak Point Acres 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 Oak Point Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Point Acres:
- Kent County (The home county of Oak Point Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- The Village at Wild Quail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Marydel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hartly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Camden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Star Hill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
- Dinahs Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
- Summerfield Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Viola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Blackbird
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Vandyke
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Deakyneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Townsend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Middletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McDonough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Port Penn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Lincoln Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Greenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Scotts Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Anderson Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Argo Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Ellendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- 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 Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Marydel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Templeville
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Whiteleysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Greensboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Bridgetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Ridgely
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Denton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Warwick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cecilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Earleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- John Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
- Hack Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
- Cayots
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
- Saint Augustine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- Chesapeake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- The Woods of Town Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Millington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Massey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Sassafras
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Dogwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Galena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Kennedyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mile Tree Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Chestertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Barclay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Ingleside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Sudlersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Roe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Price
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Crumpton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Church Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Queen Anne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Talbot Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Bay Side
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Greenwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Othello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Roadstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Fairton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Salem County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hancocks Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Point Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Point Acres.
Cemeteries Near Oak Point Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Point Acres.
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 Oak Point Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Point Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Bethesda Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Downham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Amish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Templeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Jerusalem Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Whatcoat Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Oak Point Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Point Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Point Acres, with the one closest to Oak Point Acres listed first.
- Willow Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Pearsons Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pearsons Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
- Marydel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hartly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Viola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canterbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canterbury is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Camden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Templeville
(6 miles [9.7 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hollandsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
- Felton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Point Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Point Acres.
Newspapers Published in Oak Point Acres ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Point Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Point Acres, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Point Acres.
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 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 Oak Point Acres:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Caroline County
- Cecil County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot 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> | 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 Oak Point Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Oak Point Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |