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 Otters Run (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 Otters Run. 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.
Otters Run 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 Otters Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Otters Run:
- Kent County (The home county of Otters Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Frederica
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alexanders Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alexanders Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexanders Village
- London Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- London Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Village
- Rising Sun
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Felton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Summerfield Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Viola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bowers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bowers is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Star Hill Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
- Camden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Deakyneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Blackbird
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Vandyke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Townsend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Odessa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Lincoln Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Anderson Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Argo Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Slaughter Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Jefferson Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Ellendale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Waples
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waples is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
- Scotts Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Bridgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Side Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Side Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Village
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Henderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marydel
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Goldsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Templeville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Greensboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hollingsworth Circle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- 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
- Maple Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Hickman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Oil City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Denton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Ridgely
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Cecil County (MD)
- Warwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester County (MD)
- Reliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Kent County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Millington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Massey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Sassafras
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Galena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Ingleside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Barclay
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Sudlersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Roe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Ruthsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Price
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Queen Anne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crumpton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Willoughby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cape May County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- North Cape May
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cape May
- Villas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Villas is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Del Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Norburys Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Bay Side
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Greenwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Cedarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Dividing Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Turkey Point Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Othello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Paynters Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Bivalve
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Fairton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Port Norris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Roadstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Bridgeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Salem County (NJ)
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Otters Run, see our County-by-County Page for Otters Run.
Cemeteries Near Otters Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Otters Run.
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 Otters Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Otters Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- St. James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Barratts Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thistlewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- John Wesley Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Downham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kingdom Holiness Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Jerusalem Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Milford Community Cemetery (New)
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Levi Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Odd Fellows Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Milford.
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery has also been known as:
- Milford Community Cemetery (Old)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963823 <2>
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 Otters Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Otters Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Otters Run, with the one closest to Otters Run listed first.
- Frederica
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Canterbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Canterbury is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Felton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Viola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Bowers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bowers is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lebanon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Camden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Thompsonville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wyoming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Dover
(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 Otters Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Otters Run.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Otters Run:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Caroline County
- Cecil County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Cape May 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 Otters Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |