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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Doncaster. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Doncaster to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Doncaster, 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 Doncaster (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 Doncaster. 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 and doctors 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 Doncaster is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Doncaster. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doncaster:
- Talbot County (The home county of Doncaster)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Tunis Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Leeds Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Harper ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Tunis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Claiborne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Michaels
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McDaniel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Skipton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Kirkham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Newcomb
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Bozman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Highland Beach
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Idlewilde
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Watergate Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village
- Yorktown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Hillsmere Shores
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
- Mayo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Shady Side
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Annapolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cape Saint Claire
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Margarets
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Margarets is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Margarets
- Churchton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Selby-on-the-Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Selby-on-the-Bay is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selby-on-the-Bay
- Baltimore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Fort Howard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgemere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Point
- Sparrows Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sparrows Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparrows Point
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- North Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chesapeake Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Owings Town Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Owings Town Center is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings Town Center
- Owings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Willows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Willows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Sunderland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chaney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chaney is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
- Angelica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Angelica is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Apple Greene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Apple Greene is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Greene
- Dunkirk Town Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dunkirk Town Center is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk Town Center
- Dunkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Tanyard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Griffin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Tuckahoe Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Ridgely
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Preston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Denton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bridgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Hynson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Hills Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- Lloyds
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lloyds is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
- Algonquin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- James
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Thomas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Cambridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waddells Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Patamoke Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
- East New Market
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hurlock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Cliffs City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Rock Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Edesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Old Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Chestertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Morganec Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Worton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lynch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lynch is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Prince George's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Pin Oak Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Bowie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bowie is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,212 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <2>
- Upper Marlboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Guys
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Grasonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Bloomingdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Cheslou Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Queenstown
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mattapex is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapex
- Willoughby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Stevensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Queen Anne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Hickman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Whiteleysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Adamsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Sandtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Andrewsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Marydel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Reliance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doncaster, see our County-by-County Page for Doncaster.
Cemeteries Near Doncaster ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doncaster.
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 Doncaster - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doncaster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- DeShields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stephens Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- John Wesley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Luke's UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke's UMC Cemetery
- The St. Luke's UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Lukes Cemetery
- All Saints Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Perrys Corner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wade's Point Burial Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grasonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wye of Carmichael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- John Wesley Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Bryans Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grasonville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Doncaster in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Doncaster.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Doncaster, with the one closest to Doncaster listed first.
- Tunis Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Claiborne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harper ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- McDaniel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Michaels
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Guys
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Longwoods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Longwoods is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwoods
- Carmichael
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carmichael is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmichael
- Wittman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bozman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Skipton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Royal Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doncaster. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doncaster.
Newspapers Published in Doncaster ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doncaster.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doncaster, 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 Doncaster.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Doncaster:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Baltimore County
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Prince George's County
- Queen Anne's County
- Kent 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 Doncaster, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doncaster) 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. |