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 Barnes Landing (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 Barnes Landing. 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.
Name Variations for Barnes Landing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Barnes Landing: Barnes Lndg. (or less commonly used: Barnes Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Barnes Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Barnes Landing may originally have been Barne's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Barnes Landing might be written as Barne Landing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Barnes Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barnes Landing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Barnes Landing is located in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County: Sussex (DE), Caroline, Somerset, Talbot & Wicomico.
Below are the counties that are near Barnes Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barnes Landing:
- Dorchester County (The home county of Barnes Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Andrews
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Andrews is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Lakesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
- Crapo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crapo is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
- Bucktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Toddville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Toddville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
- Golden Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Wingate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elliott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Church Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woolford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woolford is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
- Bishops Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
- Fishing Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crocheron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crocheron is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocheron
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Cove Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cove Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
- Brianwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brianwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brianwood
- Chesapeake Ranch Estates - Drum Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Drum Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Drum Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
- Lusby
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Olivet
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Coster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coster is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coster
- Cove View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cove View is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove View
- Dowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Solomons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mackall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mackall is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackall
- Saint Leonard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wallville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wallville is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallville
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Preston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tanyard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Hynson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Federalsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Saint Mary's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Lexington Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dameron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dameron is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
- Saint Marys City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- California
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Town Creek Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Town Creek Manor is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Creek Manor
- Great Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sotterley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
- Callaway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
- Drayden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Chance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dames Quarter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deal Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Wenona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wenona is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Monie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monie is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monie
- Oriole
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oriole is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Champ
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Champ is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Loretto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loretto is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Frenchtown - Rumbly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
- Somersett Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Somersett Town is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersett Town
- Eden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fairmount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Trappe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Neavitt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Kirkham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Newcomb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Tilghman Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tilghman Island is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman Island
- Tilghman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Easton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Bozman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Michaels
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Talbot Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Tyaskin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bivalve
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jesterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
- Nanticoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nanticoke is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
- Capitola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Capitola is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
- Green Hill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Hill Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Village
- Mardela Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Quantico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Twiggs Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Twiggs Corner is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggs Corner
- Allen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Allen is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Centennial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Rockawalking Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Reliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barnes Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Barnes Landing.
Cemeteries Near Barnes Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barnes Landing.
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 Barnes Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barnes Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Gootee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Insley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Scotts Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary Star of the Sea Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elliotts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woolford Mace Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Airey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- Joppa Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dorchester Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Barnes Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barnes Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barnes Landing, with the one closest to Barnes Landing listed first.
- Lakesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
- Crapo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crapo is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
- Toddville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Toddville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
- Bestpitch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bestpitch is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestpitch
- Bucktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Golden Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Wingate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elliott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Fishing Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Church Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bishops Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
- Woolford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woolford is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hoopersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoopersville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopersville
- Thompson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thompson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Madison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barnes Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barnes Landing.
Newspapers Published in Barnes Landing ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barnes Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barnes Landing, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barnes Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Barnes Landing:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Dorchester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Saint Mary's County
- Somerset County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Barnes Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Barnes Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |