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 Oaklands (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 Oaklands. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Oaklands 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 Oaklands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oaklands:
- Talbot County (The home county of Oaklands)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Easton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Talbot Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Newcomb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trappe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Saint Michaels
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Idlewilde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Highland Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Churchton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Shady Side
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mayo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Deale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Galesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
- Selby-on-the-Bay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Selby-on-the-Bay is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selby-on-the-Bay
- Watergate Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village
- Baywalker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- North Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chesapeake Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Summer City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Willows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Willows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Angelica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Angelica is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Owings Town Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Owings Town Center is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings Town Center
- Owings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Parran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Parran is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
- Sunderland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Central Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central Village is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
- Chaney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chaney is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
- Huntingtown Town Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Tanyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Tuckahoe Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Hynson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Griffin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hillsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Federalsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Denton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Algonquin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Hills Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- Lloyds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyds is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
- Cambridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waddells Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Patamoke Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
- East New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- James
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Thompson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hurlock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Cliffs City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Old Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Rock Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Pomona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Guys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Willoughby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Queen Anne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Grasonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Queenstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- 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
- Mattapex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapex is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapex
- Cheslou Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Ruthsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Chester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Hickman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Whiteleysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Andrewsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Sandtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Harrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Reliance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Scotts Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Briar Hook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Heritage Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Bridgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blades
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oaklands, see our County-by-County Page for Oaklands.
Cemeteries Near Oaklands ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oaklands.
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 Oaklands - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oaklands covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Round Top Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Third Haven Meeting Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hole-in-the-Wall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Queen Esther Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doverbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oxford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old John Wesley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Landing Neck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Royal Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rattlesnake Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Oaklands in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oaklands.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oaklands, with the one closest to Oaklands listed first.
- Easton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Bloomfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Hambleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hambleton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Royal Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bellevue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Oxford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Trappe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tunis Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Saint Michaels
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Longwoods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Longwoods is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwoods
- Choptank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Choptank is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank
- Matthews
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Matthews is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oaklands. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oaklands.
Newspapers Published in Oaklands ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oaklands.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oaklands, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oaklands.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Oaklands:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Calvert 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 Oaklands, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oaklands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |