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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 Cape Pleasant (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 Cape Pleasant. 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 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.

Cape Pleasant is located in Worcester 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 Worcester County: Sussex (DE), Somerset, Wicomico & Accomack (VA).

Below are the counties that are near Cape Pleasant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cape Pleasant:

  • Worcester County     (The home county of Cape Pleasant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cape Pleasant, with the one closest to Cape Pleasant listed first.
    • Ocean Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bishopville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ocean Bay City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ocean Bay City is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bay City
    • North Ocean City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Ocean City is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ocean City
    • Showell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Showell is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
    • Bishop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Bishop is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
    • Ocean City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • West Ocean City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • West Ocean City is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ocean City
    • Berlin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Berlin is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <1>
    • Whaleyville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Newark
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedartown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedartown is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
  • Somerset County
    • Eden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Eden is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Wicomico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cape Pleasant, with the one closest to Cape Pleasant listed first.
    • New Hope
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Willards
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Powellville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Powellville is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
    • Pittsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Whiton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Whiton is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
    • Parsonsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • White Plains
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • White Plains is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Delmar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Salisbury
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Hurst Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
    • Dogwood Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
    • Fruitland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Sussex County (DE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cape Pleasant, with the one closest to Cape Pleasant listed first.
    • Williamsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Williamsville is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
    • Bayville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayville is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
    • Bunting
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bunting is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
    • Fenwick Island
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bayard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Bayard is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
    • Roxana
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Roxana is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
    • Selbyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ocean View
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • South Bethany
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Boyers Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Boyers Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyers Village
    • Clarksville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Clarksville is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Bethany Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cape Pleasant, see our County-by-County Page for Cape Pleasant.

Cemeteries Near Cape Pleasant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cape Pleasant.

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 Cape Pleasant - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cape Pleasant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cape Pleasant, with the one closest to Cape Pleasant listed first.

  • St. Martins Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bishopville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Daisey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisey Cemetery
    • The Daisey Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rickards / Daisey Cemetery
    • Wilgus Road Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2589210 <2>
  • Wilgus Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Old St. Martins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Men Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Golden Acres Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ocean View Presbyterian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Carey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Long Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (120 more) ...
    • St. Georges Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bethany Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Banks Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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 Cape Pleasant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cape Pleasant.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cape Pleasant, with the one closest to Cape Pleasant listed first.

  • Williamsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Williamsville is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
  • Bayville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayville is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
  • Bunting
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bunting is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
  • Bishopville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Roxana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Roxana is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
  • Bayard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bayard is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
  • Showell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Showell is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
  • Selbyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bishop
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bishop is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
  • Campbell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Campbell is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
  • Friendship
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Friendship is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Ocean View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Holly Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Holly Grove is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
    • Ocean City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Omar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Omar is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cape Pleasant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cape Pleasant.

Newspapers Published in Cape Pleasant ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cape Pleasant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cape Pleasant, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cape Pleasant.

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 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 Cape Pleasant:

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>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 Cape Pleasant, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cape Pleasant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.