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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 Newport Hills (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 Newport Hills. 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.

Newport Hills is located in Worcester 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 Worcester County: Sussex (DE), Somerset, Wicomico & Accomack (VA).

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

  • Worcester County     (The home county of Newport Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport Hills, with the one closest to Newport Hills listed first.
    • Berlin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Berlin is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <1>
    • Newark
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Ocean City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • West Ocean City is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ocean City
    • Cedartown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedartown is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
    • Ocean Pines
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Showell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Showell is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
    • Ocean City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Whaleyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bishop
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bishop is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
    • North Ocean City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • North Ocean City is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ocean City
    • Bishopville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Snow Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport Hills, with the one closest to Newport Hills listed first.
    • West Pocomoke
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • West Pocomoke is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pocomoke
    • Eden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Eden is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Costen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Costen is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costen
    • Loretto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Loretto is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Princess Anne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Westover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Rehobeth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingston is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Wicomico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport Hills, with the one closest to Newport Hills listed first.
    • Whiton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Whiton is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
    • Powellville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Powellville is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
    • New Hope
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New Hope is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Willards
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Parsonsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • White Plains
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • White Plains is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Dogwood Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
    • Salisbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Delmar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fruitland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Hurst Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
  • Sussex County (DE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport Hills, with the one closest to Newport Hills listed first.
    • Selbyville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bunting
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bunting is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
    • Williamsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Williamsville is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
    • Roxana
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Roxana is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
    • Bayville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayville is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
    • Fenwick Island
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bayard is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
    • Frankford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Omar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Omar is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
    • Boyers Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Boyers Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyers Village
    • Dagsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • South Bethany
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Accomack County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport Hills, with the one closest to Newport Hills listed first.
    • Franklin City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Franklin City is located in Accomack County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin City
    • Greenbackville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chincoteague
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Chincoteague is located in Accomack County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chincoteague
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,866 people
    • Sign Post
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Sign Post is located in Accomack County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Post
    • Sinnickson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Sinnickson is located in Accomack County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnickson
    • Birch Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Birch Town is located in Accomack County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Town
    • Wattsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wattsville is located in Accomack County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
    • Withams
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Withams is located in Accomack County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withams
    • Atlantic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Newport Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newport Hills.

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 Newport Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Buckingham Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Tyree Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Trinity Gardens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Trinity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Townsend Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Timmonstown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Libertytown Riverside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Old St. Martins Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Whaleyville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Ironshire
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Ironshire is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironshire
  • Berlin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Berlin is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <1>
  • Newark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Holly Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Grove is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
  • Friendship
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Friendship is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Cedartown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedartown is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
  • Wesley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wesley is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
  • Ocean City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Showell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Showell is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
  • Whiton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Whiton is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
  • Spence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Spence is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence
  • Truitt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Truitt is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truitt
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Powellville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Powellville is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
    • Campbell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Campbell is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
    • Bishop
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bishop is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop

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

Newspapers Published in Newport Hills ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newport Hills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newport Hills, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newport Hills.

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 Newport Hills:

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 Newport Hills, 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 from Point A (ie- Newport Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.