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 Meadowbrook Park (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 Meadowbrook Park. 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 Meadowbrook Park ...
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.
Another variation: Meadow Brook Park.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Meadowbrook Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Meadowbrook Park.
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 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.
Meadowbrook Park is located in Caroline 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 Caroline County: Kent (DE), Sussex (DE), Dorchester, Queen Anne's & Talbot.
Below are the counties that are near Meadowbrook Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meadowbrook Park:
- Caroline County (The home county of Meadowbrook Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Federalsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hynson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hickman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Bethlehem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tanyard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Tuckahoe Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Denton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Griffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Thomas Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Finchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Reliance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Williamsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Marshyhope Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Hurlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Galestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Rhodesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waddells Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Walnut Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- East New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Queen Anne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Roe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Bloomingdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Guys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Ingleside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Price
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Centreville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Eden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Loretto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Loretto is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Mount Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Trappe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Woodland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Easton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Skipton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Kirkham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Oxford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Newcomb
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Sharptown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Mardela Springs
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Delmar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hurst Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Rockawalking Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Centennial Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Quantico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- White Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Fruitland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Hickman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Farmington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Harrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Reliance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Briar Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Heritage Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blades
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Scotts Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Bridgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meadowbrook Park, see our County-by-County Page for Meadowbrook Park.
Cemeteries Near Meadowbrook Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meadowbrook Park.
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 Meadowbrook Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meadowbrook Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Solomon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skinners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Eldorado Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Meadowbrook Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meadowbrook Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meadowbrook Park, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Park listed first.
- Federalsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Finchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Williamsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Reliance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Nichols
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nichols is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Agner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Agner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agner
- Hynson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Hurlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- American Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- American Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
- Smithville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ennalls ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ennalls is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennalls
- Brookview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meadowbrook Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meadowbrook Park.
Newspapers Published in Meadowbrook Park ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meadowbrook Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meadowbrook Park, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meadowbrook Park.
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 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 Meadowbrook Park:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Caroline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dorchester County
- Queen Anne's County
- Somerset County
- Talbot 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 Meadowbrook Park, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Meadowbrook Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |