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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 Hollands Crossroads (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 Hollands Crossroads. 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.
Name Variations for Hollands Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Hollands Crossroads: Hollands Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Hollands Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hollands Crossroads may originally have been Holland's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hollands Crossroads might be written as Holland Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hollands Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hollands Crossroads.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Hollands Crossroads 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 Hollands Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hollands Crossroads:
- Dorchester County (The home county of Hollands Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Vienna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rabbit Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rabbit Town is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Walnut Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Rhodesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Linkwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Linkwood is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkwood
- Brookview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Bucktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Galestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- East New Market
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thompson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Elliott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Cove Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cove Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
- Brianwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brianwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brianwood
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Federalsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hynson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Preston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Bethlehem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tanyard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Tuckahoe Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Hickman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Griffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Denton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Eden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Loretto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loretto is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Dames Quarter
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Monie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Monie is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monie
- Oriole
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oriole is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Princess Anne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Champ
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Champ is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Deal Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Somersett Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Somersett Town is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersett Town
- Wenona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wenona is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Manokin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Manokin is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manokin
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Trappe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Easton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Kirkham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Newcomb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Cordova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leeds Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Neavitt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Saint Michaels
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Mardela Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Quantico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tyaskin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sharptown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Bivalve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rockawalking Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Centennial Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Green Hill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Village
- Cedar Hurst Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Capitola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Capitola is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
- Jesterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
- Nanticoke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nanticoke is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
- Worcester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Whaleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pocomoke City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Adamsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hickman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Andrewsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Delmar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Laurel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blades
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Heritage Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Briar Hook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Ward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ward is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Bridgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Mission
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mission is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hollands Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Hollands Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Hollands Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hollands Crossroads.
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 Hollands Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hollands Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Vienna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barren Creek Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reids Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dukes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Airey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McKendree Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hebron Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Firemans Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Robinson Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eldorado Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hollands Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hollands Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Vienna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cokeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeland is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeland
- Athol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Athol is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Riverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Bestpitch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bestpitch is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestpitch
- Quantico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rhodesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Linkwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Linkwood is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkwood
- Bivalve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Columbia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Columbia is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Sharptown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Brookview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hollands Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hollands Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Hollands Crossroads ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hollands Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hollands Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hollands Crossroads.
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 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 Hollands Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Dorchester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Somerset County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Worcester County
- Kent County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hollands Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Hollands Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |