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 Bonfield (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 Bonfield. 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 and 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.
Bonfield 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 Bonfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bonfield:
- Talbot County (The home county of Bonfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Oxford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Royal Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trappe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kirkham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Newcomb
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Neavitt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Saint Michaels
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bozman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Talbot Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Churchton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Fairhaven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Shady Side
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Galesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Beach
(23 miles [37 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
- Mayo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Baywalker Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
- Friendship
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tracys Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Angelica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Angelica is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Chesapeake Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- North Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Summer City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Willows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Willows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Parran
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Parran is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
- Cove Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
- Port Republic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Leonard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Central Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Central Village is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
- Owings Town Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Owings Town Center is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings Town Center
- Owings
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Tanyard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Bethlehem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Preston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Hynson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Tuckahoe Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Griffin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Federalsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Denton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Charles County
- Benedict
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Lloyds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lloyds is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
- Hills Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- Algonquin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Cambridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Patamoke Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
- Thomas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Secretary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Church Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Madison is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Woolford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Woolford is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
- Thompson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Kent County
- 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
- Prince George's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Cedarhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
- Eagle Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Aquasco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Aquasco is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquasco
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Guys
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Mattapex
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapex is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapex
- Grasonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Bloomingdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Kent Narrows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Queen Anne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cheslou Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Queenstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Stevensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bay City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Saint Mary's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Sotterley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
- Golden Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Sharptown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Mardela Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Bivalve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyaskin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jesterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
- Quantico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Hickman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Whiteleysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Reliance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Briar Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Scotts Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Heritage Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Blades
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Bridgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bonfield, see our County-by-County Page for Bonfield.
Cemeteries Near Bonfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bonfield.
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 Bonfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bonfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Oxford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old John Wesley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rattlesnake Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hole-in-the-Wall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Readly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Paradise Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kemp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Piney Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Landing Neck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Queen Esther Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Bonfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bonfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bonfield, with the one closest to Bonfield listed first.
- Oxford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bellevue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bellevue is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Royal Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trappe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hambleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hambleton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Kirkham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Hills Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- Cornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Lloyds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lloyds is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Saint Michaels
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Neavitt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bonfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bonfield.
Newspapers Published in Bonfield ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bonfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bonfield, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bonfield.
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 Bonfield:
- 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
- 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 Bonfield, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bonfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |