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 Avalon (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 Avalon. 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 doctors 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.
Avalon is located in Talbot 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 Talbot County: Caroline, Dorchester & Queen Anne's.
Below are the counties that are near Avalon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Avalon:
- Talbot County (The home county of Avalon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Tilghman
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Tilghman Island
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tilghman Island is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman Island
- Neavitt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Sherwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bozman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wittman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harper ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- McDaniel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Saint Michaels
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Claiborne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Churchton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Idlewilde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Shady Side
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Baywalker Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
- Friendship
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Galesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tracys Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mayo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Jewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Highland Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Lothian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- North Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Willows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Chesapeake Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Summer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Angelica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Angelica is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Parran
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Parran is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
- Owings Town Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Owings Town Center is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings Town Center
- Owings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sunderland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Central Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central Village is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
- Huntingtown Town Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chaney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chaney is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Tanyard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Bethlehem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Preston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Tuckahoe Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Hynson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Griffin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Denton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Federalsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Benedict
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Malcolm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Malcolm is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Hughesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Village is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Bryantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mattawoman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mattawoman is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawoman
- White Oak Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak Village is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Village
- Acton Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Acton Village is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Village
- Huntington Townhouses
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Hills Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- James
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Lloyds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyds is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
- Algonquin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Madison is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Taylors Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Woolford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woolford is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
- Cambridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Church Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patamoke Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
- Thompson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Golden Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Cliffs City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Rock Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Prince George's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Cedarhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
- Eagle Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Westwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Westwood is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Aquasco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aquasco is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquasco
- Croom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Croom is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croom
- Horsehead
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Horsehead is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- North Keys
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Keys is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Keys
- Orme
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Orme is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Upper Marlboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marlton is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton
- Cedarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Rosaryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rosaryville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosaryville
- Cheltenham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cheltenham is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Mattapex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mattapex is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapex
- Bay City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Cheslou Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grasonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Stevensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Guys
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Bloomingdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Queenstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Willoughby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Queen Anne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Mary's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Golden Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Sotterley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
- Summerseat Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summerseat Village is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerseat Village
- Charlotte Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Mechanicsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- California
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Town Creek Manor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Town Creek Manor is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Creek Manor
- Helen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Helen is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Loveville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loveville is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
- Morganza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morganza is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganza
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Avalon, see our County-by-County Page for Avalon.
Cemeteries Near Avalon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Avalon.
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 Avalon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Avalon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Tilghman Island Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Luke's UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke's UMC Cemetery
- The St. Luke's UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Lukes Cemetery
- Royal Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- John Wesley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wade's Point Burial Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Old John Wesley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rattlesnake Point Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- St. Stephens Graveyard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Avalon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Avalon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Tilghman
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Neavitt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Sherwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bozman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wittman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bellevue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bellevue is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Royal Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Saint Michaels
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harper ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- McDaniel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- James
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Hills Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Avalon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Avalon.
Newspapers Published in Avalon ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Avalon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Avalon, 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 Avalon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Avalon:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Charles County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Prince George's County
- Queen Anne's County
- Saint Mary's 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Avalon) 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 Avalon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |