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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 Odessa Heights (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 Odessa Heights. 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 Odessa Heights ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Odessa Heights: Odessa Hts

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Odessa Heights 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 Odessa Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Odessa Heights:

  • New Castle County     (The home county of Odessa Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Odessa
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • McDonough
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • McDonough is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
    • Middletown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Townsend
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Blackbird
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
    • Forest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Forest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Port Penn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Summit Bridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
    • Saint Georges
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Vandyke
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Vandyke is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
    • Kirkwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Deakyneville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
    • Delaware City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Smyrna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clayton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Spruance City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Spruance City is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruance City
    • Blackiston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Blackiston is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
    • Sunnyside Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
    • Burtonwood Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
    • Kenton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lakeshore Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
    • Cheswold
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Leipsic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlisle Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Carlisle Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
    • Dinahs Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
    • Hartly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Caroline County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Templeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Marydel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Marydel is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Henderson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Goldsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Hollingsworth Circle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
  • Cecil County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Warwick
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Saint Augustine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
    • Chesapeake City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cayots
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cayots is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
    • Cecilton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hack Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Hack Point is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
    • Delancy Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Delancy Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delancy Village
    • Earleville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • John Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • John Town is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
    • The Woods of Town Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Elkton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Elkton is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
    • Windsor Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Windsor Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Village
    • Forest View Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Forest View Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View Village
  • Harford County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Havre de Grace
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Aberdeen Proving Ground
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Bayside Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Bayside Village is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
    • Lapidum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum
    • Aberdeen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Aberdeen is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,964 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <1>
    • Michaelsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Michaelsville is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
    • Webster Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Webster Village is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village
    • Garland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Garland is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Perryman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Perryman is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryman
    • Stafford ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stafford is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
    • Hopewell Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Hopewell Village is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village
    • Level
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Level is located in Harford County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level
    • Belcamp
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Kent County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Sassafras
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
    • Gregg Neck
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
    • Dogwood Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
    • Galena
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgetown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Massey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lambson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
    • Millington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Kennedyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Still Pond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Still Pond is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Pond
    • Betterton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Coleman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Coleman is located in Kent County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
  • Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Crumpton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sudlersville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Barclay
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Catlin ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
    • Kings Town Manor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kings Town Manor is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Town Manor
    • Kingstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingstown is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
    • Roberts
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Church Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ingleside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • The Village at Church Hill Crossing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Price
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • Roe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
  • Cumberland County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Bay Side
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
    • Othello
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
    • Greenwich
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Roadstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Roadstown is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
    • Beals Mill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Beals Mill is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Mill
    • Bridgeton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
    • Bridgeton Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Bridgeton Junction is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton Junction
    • Seabrook Farms
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Seabrook Farms is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook Farms
    • West Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • West Village is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
    • Fairton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Fairton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
    • Cedarville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Rosenhayn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Rosenhayn is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenhayn
    • Paynters Crossing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
  • Gloucester County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Avis Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills
    • Beckett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett
    • Bridgeport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Cooper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Ferrell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ferrell is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
    • Mullica Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mullica Hill is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullica Hill
  • Salem County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Hancocks Bridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
    • Canton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Salem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Salem is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
    • Quinton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
    • Pennsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
    • Pointers
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers
    • Acton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Acton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Penton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Penton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
    • Pecks Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Pecks Corner is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
    • Alloway
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Alloway is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
    • Portertown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown
    • Riddleton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton
    • Carneys Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point
  • Chester County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Strickersville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Strickersville is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville
    • Kemblesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Kemblesville is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville
    • New Garden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • New Garden is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
    • Chrome
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Chrome is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
    • Avondale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Avondale is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,394 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avondale <1>
    • Toughkenamon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • West Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Baker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Baker is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Brookfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Brookfield is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Kennett Square
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Barnsley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Barnsley is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley
    • Elkview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Elkview is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview
    • Jennersville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jennersville is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville
  • Delaware County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odessa Heights, with the one closest to Odessa Heights listed first.
    • Zebleys Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner
    • Creekside Village at Naamans
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Boothwyn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Linwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Marcus Hook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Garnet Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Trainer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Trainer is located in Delaware County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trainer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,823 people
    • Chelsea
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Chelsea is located in Delaware County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea

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

Cemeteries Near Odessa Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Odessa Heights.

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 Odessa Heights - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Corbit Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Drawer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lee - Haven UMC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • 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<2> to the northeast of Townsend.
    • The Lee - Haven UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lees Cemetery
    • Lees Chapel Cemetery
    • Pinetree Cemetery
  • Asbury Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Townsend Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Georges Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (201 more) ...

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 Odessa Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Odessa Heights.

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

  • Odessa
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Fieldsboro
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fieldsboro is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
  • McDonough
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • McDonough is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
  • Middletown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Armstrong
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Armstrong is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • Townsend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Forest is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Blackbird
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
  • Warwick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Summit Bridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
  • Port Penn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Vandyke
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Vandyke is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
    • Saint Georges
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Kirkwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Odessa Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Odessa Heights.

Newspapers Published in Odessa Heights ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Odessa Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Odessa Heights, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Odessa Heights.

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 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 Odessa Heights:

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>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- Odessa Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Odessa Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.