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 Riggins Corner (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 Riggins Corner. 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 Riggins Corner ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Riggins Corner: Riggins Cor. (or less commonly used: Riggins Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Riggins Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Riggins Corner may originally have been Riggin's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Riggins Corner might be written as Riggin Corner.
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 northeast 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 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.
Riggins Corner 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 Riggins Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riggins Corner:
- Dorchester County (The home county of Riggins Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Golden Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Andrews
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Andrews is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Lakesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
- Church Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Madison is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Woolford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woolford is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
- Fishing Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Taylors Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crapo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crapo is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
- Bucktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Toddville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toddville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
- Patamoke Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
- Anne Arundel County
- Fairhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Cove Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cove Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
- Brianwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brianwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brianwood
- Chesapeake Ranch Estates - Drum Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Drum Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drum Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
- Lusby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Olivet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Cove View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cove View is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove View
- Dowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Solomons
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coster is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coster
- Saint Leonard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mackall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mackall is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackall
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Preston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tanyard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Hynson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Federalsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charles County
- Benedict
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Prince George's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Cedarhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
- Eagle Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Saint Mary's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Lexington Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Town Creek Manor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Town Creek Manor is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Creek Manor
- California
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sotterley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
- Dameron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dameron is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
- Great Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Callaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Drayden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
- Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Chance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dames Quarter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deal Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Wenona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wenona is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Monie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monie is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monie
- Oriole
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oriole is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Champ
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Champ is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Frenchtown - Rumbly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
- Somersett Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Somersett Town is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersett Town
- Ewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairmount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Oxford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Trappe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tilghman Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tilghman Island is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman Island
- Neavitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Royal Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tilghman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Newcomb
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Kirkham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Bozman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Easton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Michaels
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Tyaskin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bivalve
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jesterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
- Nanticoke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nanticoke is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
- Capitola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Capitola is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
- Mardela Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Green Hill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Green Hill Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Village
- Quantico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sharptown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Twiggs Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Twiggs Corner is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggs Corner
- Centennial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Sussex County (DE)
- Reliance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riggins Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Riggins Corner.
Cemeteries Near Riggins Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riggins Corner.
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 Riggins Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riggins Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gootee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Mary Star of the Sea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Insley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woolford Mace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (151 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waugh Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Riggins Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riggins Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riggins Corner, with the one closest to Riggins Corner listed first.
- Golden Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Lakesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
- Fishing Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Madison is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Church Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woolford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woolford is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
- Crapo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crapo is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
- Taylors Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bucktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Toddville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toddville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
- Dailsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dailsville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailsville
- Hoopersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hoopersville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopersville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wingate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bestpitch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bestpitch is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestpitch
- Cove Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cove Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riggins Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riggins Corner.
Newspapers Published in Riggins Corner ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riggins Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riggins Corner, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riggins Corner.
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 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 Riggins Corner:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Dorchester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Charles County
- Prince George's County
- Saint Mary's County
- Somerset County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Riggins Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riggins Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |