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 Harrison Ferry (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 Harrison Ferry. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Harrison Ferry is located in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County: Sussex (DE), Caroline, Somerset, Talbot & Wicomico.
Below are the counties that are near Harrison Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harrison Ferry:
- Dorchester County (The home county of Harrison Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Marshyhope Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Finchville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Williamsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hurlock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rhodesdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Brookview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Waddells Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Reliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- East New Market
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Galestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Secretary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Federalsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hynson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Bethlehem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tanyard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Hickman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Tuckahoe Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Griffin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Denton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oil City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Queen Anne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Bloomingdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Guys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Roe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Grasonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Eden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Loretto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loretto is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Mount Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Dames Quarter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monie is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monie
- Princess Anne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Trappe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Easton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Woodland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Cordova
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Tappers Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Oxford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Royal Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newcomb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Leeds Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Skipton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Sharptown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Mardela Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Hebron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Quantico
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Delmar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Centennial Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Tyaskin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bivalve
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Green Hill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Green Hill Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Village
- Dogwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Hickman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Brownsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Whiteleysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Harrington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Reliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Briar Hook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Heritage Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blades
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Bridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Laurel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delmar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harrison Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Harrison Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Harrison Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harrison Ferry.
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 Harrison Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harrison Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Skinners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McKendree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Solomon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Washington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<2> the communities of Hurlock and Waddells Corner. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Waddells Corner.
- The Washington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Unity Washington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81749 <4>
- Dukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maryland Veterans Cemetery - Eastern Shore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reids Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
While we didn't find Harrison Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harrison Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harrison Ferry, with the one closest to Harrison Ferry listed first.
- Ennalls ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ennalls is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennalls
- Williamsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Finchville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Hurlock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rhodesdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Brookview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Hynson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Federalsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- East New Market
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Nichols
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nichols is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Linchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linchester is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linchester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harrison Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harrison Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Harrison Ferry ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrison Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harrison Ferry, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harrison Ferry.
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 helpful 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 Harrison Ferry:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Dorchester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caroline County
- Queen Anne's County
- Somerset County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Kent County
- Sussex 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Hurlock and Waddells Corner. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harrison Ferry) 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. |
| <5> | 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 Harrison Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |