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 Prospect 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 Prospect 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Prospect Hills is located in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County: Sussex (DE), Caroline, Somerset, Talbot & Wicomico.
Below are the counties that are near Prospect Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prospect Hills:
- Dorchester County (The home county of Prospect Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Hurlock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marshyhope Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Williamsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Waddells Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Finchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Rhodesdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- East New Market
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brookview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Secretary
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reliance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Galestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Hynson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Federalsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Preston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Bethlehem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tanyard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Tuckahoe Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Hickman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Denton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Griffin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Oil City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Queen Anne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Bloomingdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Guys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Roe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Grasonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Centreville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Eden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Loretto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Loretto is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Dames Quarter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monie is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monie
- Princess Anne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Trappe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Woodland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Newcomb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Sharptown
(9 miles [14.5 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quantico
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hurst Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Delmar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Centennial Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Tyaskin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bivalve
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Capitola
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Capitola is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
- Dogwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Hickman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Harrington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Church Hill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Church Hill Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill Village
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Reliance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Briar Hook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Heritage Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blades
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Laurel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bridgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Delmar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prospect Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Prospect Hills.
Cemeteries Near Prospect Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prospect 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 Prospect Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prospect Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Washington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<2> the communities of Hurlock and Waddells Corner. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Waddells Corner.
- The Washington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Unity Washington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81749 <4>
- McKendree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Solomon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Skinners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maryland Veterans Cemetery - Eastern Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eldorado Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East New Market Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coppins Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Dukes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Prospect Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prospect Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prospect Hills, with the one closest to Prospect Hills listed first.
- Hurlock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ennalls ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ennalls is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennalls
- Williamsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- East New Market
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodesdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Finchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Beulah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Hynson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Secretary
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brookview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Linchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Linchester is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linchester
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Federalsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Preston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nichols
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nichols is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prospect Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prospect Hills.
Newspapers Published in Prospect 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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prospect Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prospect Hills, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prospect Hills.
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 Prospect Hills:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Dorchester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caroline 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Hurlock and Waddells Corner. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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- Prospect Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Prospect Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |