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 Lewistown (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 Lewistown. 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 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.
Lewistown 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 Lewistown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lewistown:
- Talbot County (The home county of Lewistown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Skipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Talbot Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wye Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Kirkham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Leeds Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Newcomb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Yorktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Highland Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Idlewilde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Watergate Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village
- Cape Saint Claire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson Island is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Island
- Saint Margarets
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Margarets is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Margarets
- Annapolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
- Mayo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Shady Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Tuckahoe Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hillsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Denton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tanyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Oil City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Ridgely
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hynson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Waddells Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Williamsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hurlock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- East New Market
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Finchville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Rhodesdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Reliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Brookview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Algonquin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Cliffs City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Old Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Edesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Rock Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chestertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Morganec Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Millington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Worton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Queen Anne
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Bloomingdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Guys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Queenstown
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Roe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Centreville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grasonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Price
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Kent Narrows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Sharptown
(24 miles [38.6 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Whiteleysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Andrewsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Sandtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harrington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marydel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Felton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Village
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Bridgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Reliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Heritage Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Blades
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Bethel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lewistown, see our County-by-County Page for Lewistown.
Cemeteries Near Lewistown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewistown.
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 Lewistown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lewistown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Kings Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bell Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smithson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Todds Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Old St. Lukes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denton 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.<2>
While we didn't find Lewistown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lewistown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lewistown, with the one closest to Lewistown listed first.
- Matthews
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Matthews is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Cordova
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Williston is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Queen Anne
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Denton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Skipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Willoughby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Longwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Longwoods is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwoods
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- American Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- American Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
- Andersontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Andersontown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Hobbs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hobbs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lewistown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lewistown.
Newspapers Published in Lewistown ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewistown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lewistown, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lewistown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lewistown:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Caroline County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's 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> | 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 Lewistown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lewistown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |