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 Frogeye (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 Frogeye. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Frogeye is located in Somerset 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 Somerset County: Wicomico, Worcester & Accomack (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Frogeye. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frogeye:
- Somerset County (The home county of Frogeye)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frogeye, with the one closest to Frogeye listed first.
- Rehobeth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Tulls Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tulls Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls Corner
- Annemessix Towne ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Annemessix Towne is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annemessix Towne
- Westover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Costen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Costen is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costen
- West Pocomoke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Pocomoke is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pocomoke
- Manokin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manokin is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manokin
- Upper Fairmount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Fairmount is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fairmount
- Fairmount
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Lawsonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawsonia is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonia
- Crisfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frogeye, with the one closest to Frogeye listed first.
- Crocheron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crocheron is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocheron
- Elliott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elliott is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Bishops Head
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
- Toddville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Toddville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
- Wingate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frogeye, with the one closest to Frogeye listed first.
- Allen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Capitola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Capitola is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
- Green Hill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Green Hill Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Village
- Twiggs Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Twiggs Corner is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggs Corner
- Fruitland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nanticoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nanticoke is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
- Jesterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
- Dogwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Bivalve
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tyaskin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centennial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Worcester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frogeye, with the one closest to Frogeye listed first.
- Pocomoke City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pocomoke City is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocomoke City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,095 people
- Former names for Pocomoke City:
- New Town
- Stevens Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocomoke City <1>
- Stockton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Girdletree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Girdletree is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdletree
- Snow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cedartown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cedartown is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
- Newark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- Delmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Accomack County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frogeye, with the one closest to Frogeye listed first.
- Saxis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saxis is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Withams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Withams is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withams
- Hallwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hallwood is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Temperanceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sign Post
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sign Post is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Post
- Groton Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Groton Town is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton Town
- Wattsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsville is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Atlantic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sinnickson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sinnickson is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnickson
- Bloxom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mappsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hopeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hopeton is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frogeye, see our County-by-County Page for Frogeye.
Cemeteries Near Frogeye ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frogeye.
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 Frogeye - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frogeye covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frogeye, with the one closest to Frogeye listed first.
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Landford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Quindocqua Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pitts Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (114 more) ...
- Quinton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Ridge Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Frogeye in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frogeye.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frogeye, with the one closest to Frogeye listed first.
- Marumsco
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marumsco is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marumsco
- Rehobeth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tulls Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tulls Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls Corner
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Costen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Costen is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costen
- Westover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Sanford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sanford is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Pocomoke City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pocomoke City is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocomoke City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,095 people
- Former names for Pocomoke City:
- New Town
- Stevens Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocomoke City <1>
- Manokin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manokin is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manokin
- Upper Fairmount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Fairmount is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fairmount
- Belinda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belinda is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Messongo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Messongo is located in Accomack County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messongo
- Fairmount
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fords Wharf ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fords Wharf is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Wharf
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frogeye. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frogeye.
Newspapers Published in Frogeye ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frogeye.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frogeye, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frogeye.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Frogeye:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Somerset County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dorchester County
- Wicomico County
- Worcester County
- Sussex County
- Accomack County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
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 Frogeye, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Frogeye) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |