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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 Mattapex (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 Mattapex. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Mattapex is located in Queen Anne'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 Queen Anne's County: Kent (DE), Anne Arundel, Caroline, Kent & Talbot.

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

  • Queen Anne's County     (The home county of Mattapex)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mattapex, with the one closest to Mattapex listed first.
    • Bay City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Bay City is also located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Stevensville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cheslou Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cheslou Village is also located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
    • Chester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kent Narrows
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kent Narrows is also located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
    • Grasonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Guys
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Guys is also located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
    • Queenstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Queenstown is also located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
    • Bloomingdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Willoughby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Centreville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Town is also located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
  • Anne Arundel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mattapex, with the one closest to Mattapex listed first.
    • Highland Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 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
    • Watergate Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village
    • Idlewilde
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillsmere Shores
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
    • Mayo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
    • Annapolis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Yorktown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Side
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Selby-on-the-Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Selby-on-the-Bay is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selby-on-the-Bay
    • Baytowne Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Baytowne Village is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baytowne Village
    • Saint Margarets
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Margarets is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Margarets
    • West Annapolis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Baltimore City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mattapex, with the one closest to Mattapex listed first.
    • Curtis Bay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Curtis Bay is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Bay
    • Brooklyn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooklyn is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Baltimore
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Violetville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Baltimore County
  • Calvert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mattapex, with the one closest to Mattapex listed first.
    • North Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chaney
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Chesapeake Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Owings Town Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Owings Town Center is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings Town Center
    • Owings
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Summer City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Summer City is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
    • Apple Greene
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dunkirk Town Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dunkirk Town Center is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk Town Center
    • Dunkirk
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Penwick Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Penwick Village is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penwick Village
    • Sunderland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Willows
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Caroline County
  • Charles County
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mattapex, with the one closest to Mattapex listed first.
    • Hills Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
    • James
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Thomas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Lloyds
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Algonquin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
    • Cambridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Madison
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Woolford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Woolford is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
    • Patamoke Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
    • Church Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Secretary
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waddells Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Howard County
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mattapex, with the one closest to Mattapex listed first.
    • Rock Hall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cliffs City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Cliffs City is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
    • Edesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Town is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Pomona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestertown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mile Tree Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 northeast)
      • Morganec Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
    • Worton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Prince George's County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mattapex, with the one closest to Mattapex listed first.
    • Pin Oak Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Pin Oak Village is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
    • Bowie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Collington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Upper Marlboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Croom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodmore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Glenn Dale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Kettering
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Kettering is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettering
    • Lake Arbor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lake Arbor is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arbor
    • Largo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Marlton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Marlton is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton
    • Mitchellville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Talbot County

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

Cemeteries Near Mattapex ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mattapex.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mattapex, with the one closest to Mattapex 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mattapex had a population of 40 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Mattapex ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mattapex.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mattapex, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mattapex.

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 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 Mattapex:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mattapex) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov.
<5>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 Mattapex, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.