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A visit to the Colbourne Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Colbourne Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Colbourne Cemetery:

38.3023, -75.4533

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Colbourne Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Colbourne Cemetery is located in Wicomico County<2>.

The county seat for Wicomico County is located in Salisbury. Salisbury lies just to the west northwest of the Colbourne Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Colbourne Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Colbourne Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Colbourne Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Mt. Olive UMC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Mt. Olive UMC Cemetery is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive UMC Cemetery
    • The Mt. Olive UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
  • Hammond Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Jerusalem Cemetery is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Cemetery
  • Taylor Gate Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Taylor Gate Cemetery is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Gate Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
  • Wicomico Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Wicomico Memorial Park is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicomico Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wicomico Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Salisbury.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81784 <6>
  • Nazareth Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Nazareth Cemetery is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth Cemetery
  • Nassawango Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Nassawango Cemetery is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassawango Cemetery
  • Hutt Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Hutt Chapel Cemetery is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutt Chapel Cemetery
  • Libertytown Riverside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dennis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Dennis Cemetery is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Hustons Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Hustons Cemetery is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustons Cemetery
    • Brown Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • The Zion Cemetery is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
    • Pusey Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Olivet Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Olivet Cemetery is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet Cemetery
    • Townsend Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The Townsend Cemetery is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Cemetery
    • Timmonstown Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The Timmonstown Cemetery is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timmonstown Cemetery
    • Willards Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Willards Cemetery is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willards Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willards Cemetery is located in Willards.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485996 <6>
    • Farlows Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Farlows Cemetery is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farlows Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Colbourne Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Colbourne Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Whiton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Whiton is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
  • Powellville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Powellville is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
  • Parsonsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pittsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • White Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • White Plains is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
  • New Hope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • New Hope is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • Willards
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Salisbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dogwood Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
  • Snow Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Newark
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fruitland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cedartown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedartown is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
    • Whaleyville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Eden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Eden is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Cedar Hurst Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
    • Loretto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Loretto is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Berlin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • 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 <7>
    • Delmar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Delmar is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delmar <7>
    • Delmar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Centennial Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
    • Ward
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Ward is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • Allen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Allen is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Rockawalking Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
    • Twiggs Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Twiggs Corner is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggs Corner

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Colbourne Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wicomico County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Colbourne Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Colbourne Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Maryland:
  • Pages specific to Wicomico County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Colbourne Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1668332  (Colbourne Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1668332 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Wicomico
      • Est. Elev: 12 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Wango
      • Location given for Colbourne Cemetery:
      • Lat: 38.3023399     Lon: -75.4532526
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Wicomico, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Colbourne Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.
    <7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.