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 Providence (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 Providence. 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.
Providence 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 Providence. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Providence:
- Talbot County (The home county of Providence)
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Woodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Cordova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tappers Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Skipton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Trappe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Leeds Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Newcomb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tunis Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Highland Beach
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Idlewilde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Watergate Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village
- Yorktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Churchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
- Mayo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Shady Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Calvert County
- North Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Tanyard
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Bethlehem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Tuckahoe Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hynson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Denton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Federalsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City
(12 miles [19.3 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 Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Waddells Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Hurlock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Secretary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East New Market
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Finchville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Algonquin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Linkwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Linkwood is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkwood
- Eldorado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Rhodesdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Cliffs City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Old Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Edesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Rock Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Queen Anne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Bloomingdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Guys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Grasonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Roe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Kent Narrows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Cheslou Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Sharptown
(20 miles [32.2 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Quantico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Hickman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Brownsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Whiteleysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sandtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Harrington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Felton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Houston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marydel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Reliance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Briar Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Bridgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Greenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blades
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Laurel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Providence, see our County-by-County Page for Providence.
Cemeteries Near Providence ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Providence.
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 Providence - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Providence covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Smithson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kings Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coppins Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Queen Esther Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Doverbrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Third Haven Meeting Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Round Top Graveyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Providence in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Providence.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Providence, with the one closest to Providence listed first.
- Bethlehem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Matthews
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Matthews is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Choptank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Choptank is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank
- Linchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linchester is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linchester
- Griffin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Cordova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hambleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hambleton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Beulah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Hynson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- American Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- American Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
- Williston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williston is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Providence. See our List of 1890's Communities around Providence.
Newspapers Published in Providence ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Providence.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Providence, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Providence.
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 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 Providence:
- 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 Providence, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Providence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |