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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 Leachburg (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 Leachburg. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Leachburg is located in Saint Mary's 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 Saint Mary's County: Calvert & Charles.

Below are the counties that are near Leachburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leachburg:

  • Saint Mary's County     (The home county of Leachburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Saint Marys City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lexington Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gum Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
    • Dameron
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dameron is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
    • Drayden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Great Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Callaway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Valley Lee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
    • Piney Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • California
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • North Town Creek Manor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Town Creek Manor is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Creek Manor
  • Calvert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Solomons
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Drum Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Drum Point is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
    • Chesapeake Ranch Estates - Drum Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dowell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Olivet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Olivet is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Coster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Coster is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coster
    • Brianwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Brianwood is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brianwood
    • Cove Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Cove Point is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
    • Cove View
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Cove View is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove View
    • Lusby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Mackall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mackall is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackall
    • Wallville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Wallville is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallville
  • Charles County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Cobb Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Rock Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Rock Point is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Benedict
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Victoria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Mount Victoria is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victoria
    • Independence Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Independence Village is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
    • Hughesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Fishing Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Golden Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
    • Crapo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Crapo is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
    • Lakesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
    • Bishops Head
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
    • Toddville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Toddville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
    • Wingate
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Taylors Island
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Andrews
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Andrews is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Crocheron
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Crocheron is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocheron
    • Elliott
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Elliott is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Madison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Madison is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Prince George's County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Cedarhaven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
    • Eagle Harbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Deal Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Wenona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Wenona is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
    • Ewell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chance
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Rhodes Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rhodes Point is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Point
    • Smith Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Smith Island is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Island
    • Tylerton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dames Quarter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Frenchtown - Rumbly
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
  • Wicomico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Jesterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
    • Nanticoke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Nanticoke is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
    • Bivalve
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Tyaskin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Lancaster County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Alfonso
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Alfonso is located in Lancaster County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfonso
    • Lankford Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Lankford Corner is located in Lancaster County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Corner
  • Northumberland County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Lodge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lodge is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
    • Bundick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Bundick is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
    • Coan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Coan is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coan
    • Morrisons Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Morrisons Corner is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisons Corner
    • Heathsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ophelia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Rainswood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Rainswood is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
    • Sunnybank
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
    • Blackwells
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Blackwells is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
    • Lara
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Lara is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lara
    • Reedville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Remo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Remo is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remo
  • Richmond County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Rich Neck
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rich Neck is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck
    • Tallent Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Tallent Town is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallent Town
    • Farnham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Farnham is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnham
    • Emmerton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Emmerton is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmerton
    • Warsaw
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Warsaw is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,490 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <1>
    • Newland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Newland is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
    • Downings
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Downings is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downings
    • Naylors
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Naylors is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylors
    • Simons Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Simons Corner is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons Corner
    • Simonson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Simonson is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonson
  • Westmoreland County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.
    • Tucker Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tucker Hill is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Hill
    • Kinsale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Griffiths Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Griffiths Corner is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths Corner
    • Machodoc
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Machodoc is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machodoc
    • Hinnom
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Hinnom is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnom
    • Nomini Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Nomini Grove is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nomini Grove
    • Bryant Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Bryant Town is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Town
    • Chiltons
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Chiltons is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltons
    • Montross
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Montross is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montross <1>
    • Baynesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Baynesville is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baynesville
    • Potomac Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Potomac Mills is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Mills
    • Colonial Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leachburg, see our County-by-County Page for Leachburg.

Cemeteries Near Leachburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leachburg.

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 Leachburg - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leachburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.

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 Leachburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leachburg.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Leachburg, with the one closest to Leachburg listed first.

  • Saint Marys City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Great Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Valley Lee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
  • Piney Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Solomons
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Scotland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • California
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Drum Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Drum Point is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
  • Cove Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cove Point is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
  • Hoopersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hoopersville is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopersville
  • Fishing Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Coles Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Sollers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Sollers is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sollers
    • Sotterley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leachburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leachburg.

Newspapers Published in Leachburg ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leachburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leachburg, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leachburg.

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 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 Leachburg:

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 Leachburg, 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- Leachburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.