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 Spring Hill (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 Spring Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Spring Hill 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 Spring Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Hill:
- Kent County (The home county of Spring Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Woods Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woods Haven is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
- Frederica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Church Hill Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Riverview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bowers is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Williamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alexanders Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alexanders Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexanders Village
- London Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- London Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Village
- Felton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Castle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Deakyneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Blackbird
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Lincoln Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Slaughter Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Argo Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Jefferson Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
- Ellendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Banning is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Waples
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waples is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
- Greenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Side Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Side Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Village
- Bridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Hickman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Marydel
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Goldsboro
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Henderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greensboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Oil City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Templeville
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Hollingsworth Circle
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Denton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bridgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Ridgely
(24 miles [38.6 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 Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Reliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Finchville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Williamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Kent County (MD)
- Millington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Queen Anne's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Ingleside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Barclay
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Sudlersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Queen Anne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roberts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Ruthsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Price
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Talbot County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cape May County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- North Cape May
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cape May
- Villas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Villas is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Cold Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cold Spring is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Norburys Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Cape May
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape May
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- Del Haven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Erma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Erma is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erma
- Green Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Rio Grande
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rio Grande is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Grande
- Former name for Rio Grande:
- Crandol Town
- Rio Grande has also been known as:
- Hildreth
- Leamings
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Dividing Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Turkey Point Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Bay Side
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Bivalve
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Cedarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Paynters Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- 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
- Greenwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Fairton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Delmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Hill.
Cemeteries Near Spring Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Hill.
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 Spring Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- John Wesley Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Milford Community Cemetery (New)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Levi Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barratts Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Neck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thistlewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (148 more) ...
- Griffiths Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lincoln Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lincoln.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986714 <2>
- Deputy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deputy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Deputy Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Milford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2380811 <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.<4>
While we didn't find Spring Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Milford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Frederica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bowers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bowers is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Canterbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Felton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Viola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lebanon is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rising Sun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Woodside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Hill.
Newspapers Published in Spring Hill ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Hill, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Spring Hill:
- 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
- Cape May County
- Cumberland 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Spring Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Spring Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |