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 Calverton Heights (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 Calverton Heights. 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 Calverton Heights ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Calverton Heights: Calverton Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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.
Cemeteries Near Calverton Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Calverton Heights.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Calverton Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Calverton Heights, with the one closest to Calverton Heights listed first.
- Western Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Cemetery
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #B-1376 <1>
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81232 <2>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New Cathedral Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Cathedral Cemetery
- The New Cathedral Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bonnie Brae Cemetery
- Cathedral Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640847 <2>
- Loudon Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loudon Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Loudon Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Baltimore.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973902 <2>
- Loudon Park National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loudon Park National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Loudon Park National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Baltimore.
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #B-4597 <1>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109423 <2>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Etting Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Etting Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Etting Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baltimore National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baltimore National Cemetery
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #BA-3239 <1>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80731 <2>
- Eucharist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eucharist Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eucharist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Auburn Cemetery
- Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #B-5060 <1>
- Continue List (434 more) ...
- Westminster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westminster Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westminster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- United Hebrew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the United Hebrew Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the United Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Westminster Cemetery
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 Calverton Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Calverton Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Calverton Heights, with the one closest to Calverton Heights listed first.
- Calverton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Carroll
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Claremont ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Beechfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beechfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechfield
- Beechfield is located in Baltimore City
- Mount Winans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Winans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Winans
- Mount Winans is located in Baltimore City
- Baltimore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Baltimore is located in Baltimore City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586,131 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltimore <6>
- Woodberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Wetheredsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetheredsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetheredsville
- Wetheredsville is located in Baltimore City
- Franklintown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franklintown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklintown
- Franklintown is located in Baltimore County
- Catonsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catonsville
- Catonsville is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catonsville <6>
- Paradise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Arbutus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arbutus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbutus
- Arbutus is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arbutus <6>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Halethorpe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halethorpe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halethorpe
- Halethorpe is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halethorpe <6>
- Arlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Clifford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Halethorpe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Calverton Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Calverton Heights.
Newspapers Published in Calverton Heights ...
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 549 newspapers that have been published in the area around Calverton Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Calverton Heights, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Calverton Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Calverton Heights:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Maryland State Archives
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Maryland
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Maryland
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Maryland
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Maryland
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Calverton Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov. |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Calverton Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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- Calverton Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Calverton Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2943, Longitude: -76.6636 In this case, the coordinates for Calverton Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |