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 Agner (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 Agner. 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 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.
Agner is located in Caroline County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Caroline County: Kent (DE), Sussex (DE), Dorchester, Queen Anne's & Talbot.
Below are the counties that are near Agner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Agner:
- Caroline County (The home county of Agner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- Federalsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Hynson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Hickman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Oil City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Tanyard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Hillsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- Williamsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Finchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Marshyhope Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Reliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Hurlock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Brookview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Rhodesdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Galestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- East New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Secretary
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- Queen Anne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Roe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Ingleside
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Bloomingdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Centreville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Guys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Price
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Roberts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Queenstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Grasonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barclay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Trappe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Skipton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Kirkham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Wye Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Newcomb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tunis Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- Sharptown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Mardela Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Delmar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Cedar Hurst Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Quantico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Centennial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- White Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Dogwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Tyaskin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Parsonsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- Hickman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Harrington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Church Hill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Felton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Briar Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Reliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Bridgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blades
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Banning ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ellendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Agner, see our County-by-County Page for Agner.
Cemeteries Near Agner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Agner.
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 Agner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Agner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Todds Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coppins Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Skinners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Solomon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Preston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Agner had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Agner, with the one closest to Agner listed first.
- American Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- American Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
- Nichols
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Smithville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Federalsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Hynson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Andersontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Andersontown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Linchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linchester is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linchester
- Williamsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hickman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Williston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williston is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Agner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Agner.
Newspapers Published in Agner ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Agner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Agner, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Agner.
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 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 Agner:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Caroline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dorchester County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Kent County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
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> | 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 Agner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Agner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |