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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 Sussex Woods (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 Sussex Woods. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Sussex Woods is located in Sussex 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 Sussex County: Kent, Caroline (MD), Dorchester (MD), Wicomico (MD), Worcester (MD) & Cape May (NJ).

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

  • Sussex County     (The home county of Sussex Woods)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods listed first.
    • Lincoln Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Lincoln
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ellendale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Anderson Crossroads
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
    • Banning ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Banning is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
    • Jefferson Crossroads
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jefferson Crossroads is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Crossroads
    • Argo Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Argo Corners is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
    • Waples
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Waples is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
    • Milton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Slaughter Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • East Side Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • East Side Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Village
    • Greenwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bridgeville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods listed first.
    • Milford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Williamsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Williamsville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
    • Woods Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Woods Haven is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
    • Houston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Church Hill Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Church Hill Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
    • Farmington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Harrington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Andrewsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Andrewsville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
    • Frederica
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Vernon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Vernon is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Riverview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Riverview is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Adamsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Adamsville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Brownsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Brownsville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
  • Caroline County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods listed first.
    • Hickman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hickman is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
    • Whiteleysburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
    • Federalsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    • Greensboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Denton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Denton is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,538 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denton <1>
    • Maple Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
    • Goldsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Goldsboro is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Henderson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Grove is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
    • Hynson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hynson is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
    • Hollingsworth Circle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Griffin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Griffin is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Dorchester County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods listed first.
    • Reliance
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Reliance is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
    • Finchville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Finchville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
    • Galestown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Galestown is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Williamsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Eldorado
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Eldorado is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Marshyhope Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
    • Brookview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Brookview is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Hurlock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hurlock is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,007 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurlock <1>
    • Rhodesdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Landing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
    • Waddells Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
    • East New Market
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods listed first.
    • Queen Anne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Ingleside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Roe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Roe is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
    • Ruthsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
  • Talbot County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods 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)
  • Wicomico County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods listed first.
    • Sharptown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sharptown is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
    • Delmar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Delmar is located in Wicomico County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,596 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delmar <1>
    • Pittsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Worcester County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods listed first.
    • Bishop
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
    • Bishopville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cape May County (NJ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sussex Woods, with the one closest to Sussex Woods listed first.
    • North Cape May
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • North Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cape May
    • Cape May
      (29 miles [46.7 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
    • Cold Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cold Spring is located in Cape May County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
    • Villas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Villas is located in Cape May County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
    • Erma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Erma is located in Cape May County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erma

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

Cemeteries Near Sussex Woods ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sussex Woods.

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 Sussex Woods - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ellendale Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • New Market Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Banning Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Hickory Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Deputy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Faith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hickory Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Slaughter Neck Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Siloam AME Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (171 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 Sussex Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sussex Woods.

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

  • Ellendale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Robbins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Robbins is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
  • Milford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Redden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Redden is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redden
  • Milton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Waples
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Waples is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waples
  • Farmington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Harrington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridgeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bennum
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bennum is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennum
    • Drawbridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Drawbridge is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawbridge
    • Harbeson
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Sussex Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sussex Woods.

Newspapers Published in Sussex Woods ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sussex Woods.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sussex Woods, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sussex Woods.

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 Sussex Woods:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sussex Woods) 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 Sussex Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.