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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bradleysburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bradleysburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bradleysburg, please Contact Us.
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 Bradleysburg (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 Bradleysburg. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bradleysburg is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Bradleysburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bradleysburg:
- Caroline County (The home county of Bradleysburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Ridgely
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Hillsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Bridgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Greensboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Hollingsworth Circle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hollingsworth Circle is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollingsworth Circle
- Hollingsworth Circle has also been known as:
- Hollingsworth Crossroads
- Griffin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckahoe Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Yorktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Gibson Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gibson Island is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Island
- Cape Saint Claire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Highland Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Saint Margarets
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Margarets is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Margarets
- Bellerive Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bellerive Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellerive Village
- Dorado Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dorado Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorado Village
- Watergate Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village
- Annapolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
- Kimberly Woods Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kimberly Woods Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Woods Village
- Lynwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lynwood Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Cecil County
- Cecilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Waddells Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Williamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hurlock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Finchville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Marshyhope Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Secretary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East New Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Reliance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Eldorado
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Rhodesdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Algonquin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Brookview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Cliffs City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Old Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Mile Tree Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Chestertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Edesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Millington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Worton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lynch
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lynch is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Ruthsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Queen Anne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willoughby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Roe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Centreville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Price
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Roberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Bloomingdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Barclay
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Church Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Queenstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wye Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Talbot Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Kirkham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Newcomb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Claiborne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Sandtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Marydel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Willow Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Andrewsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Hartly
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Felton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Vandyke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Greenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Briar Hook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Reliance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Heritage Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Lincoln Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Ross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blades
(28 miles [45.1 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bradleysburg, see our County-by-County Page for Bradleysburg.
Cemeteries Near Bradleysburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bradleysburg.
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 Bradleysburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bradleysburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Green Mount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ridgely Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jarrell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bell Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Denton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find Bradleysburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bradleysburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bradleysburg, with the one closest to Bradleysburg listed first.
- Ridgely
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Ruthsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Queen Anne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Starr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Starr is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
- Willoughby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Bridgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Greensboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carville is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carville
- Roe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Cordova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wye Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Skipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Hayden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hayden is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bradleysburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bradleysburg.
Newspapers Published in Bradleysburg ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bradleysburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bradleysburg, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bradleysburg.
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 websites either 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 Bradleysburg:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Caroline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Cecil County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bradleysburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bradleysburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |