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 Jennings (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 Jennings. 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 Jennings ...
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.
While the name of this community is Jennings, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jennings may originally have been Jenning's.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jennings. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jennings.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Jennings is located in Garrett 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 Garrett County: Allegany, Fayette (PA), Somerset (PA), Grant (WV), Mineral (WV) & Preston (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Jennings. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jennings:
- Garrett County (The home county of Jennings)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Grantsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bittinger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Avilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avilton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilton
- Accident
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McHenry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Friendsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Swanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Altamont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Kitzmiller
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Deer Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Lake Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Loch Lynn Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Klondike
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Barton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Nikep
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Midlothian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Midlothian is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midlothian
- Woodland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Lonaconing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Shaft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Borden Shaft is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Shaft
- Frostburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Midland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Ocean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ocean is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Luke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Luke is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Bedford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Stringtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Cooks Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Hyndman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Markleysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ohiopyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Elliottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Seven Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Head
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- West Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Salisbury is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- Salisbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Coal Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Run is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
- Addison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Listonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Ursina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Summit Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Mills is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Mills
- Markleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Meyersdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Meyersdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Meyersdale is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Meyersdale
- Confluence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glade City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glade City is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade City
- Grant County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Bayard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Wilson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Dobbin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Ritters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Donaldson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wapocomo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Romney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Romney is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romney <2>
- Vance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Windom ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Windom is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Piedmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Keyser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Sulphur City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- New Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carpendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
- Ridgeley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Short Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Wiley Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Schell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Schell is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Hazelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orr
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Orr is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Lenox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lenox is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Morgans Glade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Terra Alta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Clifton Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Bruceton Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Little Sandy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Albright
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Salt Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jennings, see our County-by-County Page for Jennings.
Cemeteries Near Jennings ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jennings.
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 Jennings - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jennings covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Ridgley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dung Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Negro Mountain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bittinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grantsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maple Glen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Merrbach Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's English Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pritts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Murphy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Jennings in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jennings.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jennings, with the one closest to Jennings listed first.
- Bittinger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Germany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Germany is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Germany
- Grantsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Engle Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Engle Mill is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle Mill
- Avilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avilton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilton
- West Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Salisbury is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- Savage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Savage is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Mineral Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Spring is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
- Hoyes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hoyes is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyes
- McHenry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boynton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Listonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Addison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Selbysport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Selbysport is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selbysport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jennings. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jennings.
Newspapers Published in Jennings ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jennings.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jennings, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jennings.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Jennings:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Garrett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Bedford County
- Fayette County
- Somerset County
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Preston 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> | 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 Jennings, 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- Jennings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |