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 Indian Harbor (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 Indian Harbor. 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 Indian Harbor ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Indian Harbor: Indian Hbr. (or less commonly used: Indian Harb. or Indian Hrbr.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Indian Harbor is located in 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 Indian Harbor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Indian Harbor:
- Talbot County (The home county of Indian Harbor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Bozman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Neavitt
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Wittman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Michaels
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tilghman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- McDaniel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harper ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Tilghman Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tilghman Island is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman Island
- Newcomb
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Claiborne
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Idlewilde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Shady Side
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Churchton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Deale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Galesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Mayo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Baywalker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
- Friendship
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tracys Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- North Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Summer City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Chesapeake Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Willows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Angelica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angelica is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Owings Town Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Owings Town Center is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings Town Center
- Owings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sunderland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Parran
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Parran is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
- Chaney
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chaney is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
- Central Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central Village is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
- Apple Greene
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Apple Greene is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Greene
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Tanyard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Bethlehem
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Griffin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Tuckahoe Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Hillsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Hynson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Denton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ridgely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Federalsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Benedict
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Malcolm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Malcolm is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Hughesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Hills Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- James
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Thomas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Lloyds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyds is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
- Algonquin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Madison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Madison is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Cambridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patamoke Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
- Woolford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woolford is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
- Church Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Cliffs City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Rock Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Old Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Prince George's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Cedarhaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
- Eagle Harbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Croom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Croom is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croom
- Upper Marlboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westwood is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Aquasco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aquasco is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquasco
- North Keys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Keys is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Keys
- Pin Oak Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Horsehead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Horsehead is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- Marlton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marlton is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton
- Orme
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Orme is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Bowie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Mattapex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mattapex is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapex
- Grasonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Guys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Bay City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Cheslou Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Chester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Stevensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Queenstown
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Bloomingdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Willoughby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Queen Anne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Mary's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Golden Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Sotterley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
- Kent County (DE)
- Hickman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Indian Harbor, see our County-by-County Page for Indian Harbor.
Cemeteries Near Indian Harbor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Harbor.
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 Indian Harbor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Indian Harbor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tilghman Island Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Luke's UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- John Wesley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wade's Point Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oxford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old John Wesley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stephens Graveyard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- DeShields Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Indian Harbor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Indian Harbor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Indian Harbor, with the one closest to Indian Harbor listed first.
- Neavitt
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Bozman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wittman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sherwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tilghman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Saint Michaels
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Harper ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- McDaniel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Claiborne
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellevue is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Tunis Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Indian Harbor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Indian Harbor.
Newspapers Published in Indian Harbor ...
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 Indian Harbor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Harbor, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Indian Harbor.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Indian Harbor:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Charles County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Prince George's County
- Queen Anne's County
- Saint Mary's County
- Kent 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> | 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- Indian Harbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Indian Harbor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |