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 Rivers Edge (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 Rivers Edge. 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 Rivers Edge ...
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.
While the name of this community is Rivers Edge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rivers Edge may originally have been River's Edge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rivers Edge might be written as River Edge.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rivers Edge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rivers Edge.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Rivers Edge is located in Kent 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 Kent County: Kent (DE), New Castle (DE), Cecil & Queen Anne's.
Below are the counties that are near Rivers Edge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rivers Edge:
- Kent County (The home county of Rivers Edge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Millington
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lambson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lambson is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Massey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dogwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Galena
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gregg Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Kennedyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sassafras
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Still Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Still Pond is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Pond
- Chestertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Baltimore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Chase
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chase is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Biscayne Bay Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Biscayne Bay Village is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Bay Village
- Bowleys Quarters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bowleys Quarters is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowleys Quarters
- Dundee Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dundee Village is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Village
- Harewood Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harewood Park is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harewood Park
- Bird River Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bird River Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird River Beach
- Bradshaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Franklinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinville is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Templeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Marydel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Henderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bridgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Hollingsworth Circle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hollingsworth Circle is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollingsworth Circle
- Hollingsworth Circle has also been known as:
- Hollingsworth Crossroads
- Goldsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Greensboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Ridgely
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Whiteleysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Hillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Oil City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Cecil County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Cecilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Earleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- John Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- John Town is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
- Warwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hack Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hack Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
- Cayots
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cayots is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
- Saint Augustine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- The Woods of Town Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chesapeake City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Charlestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bacon Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bacon Hill is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
- Elkton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Harford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Michaelsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Michaelsville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Aberdeen Proving Ground
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bayside Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bayside Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
- Havre de Grace
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Perryman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Perryman is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryman
- Aberdeen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Village of Church Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belcamp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Abingdon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Crumpton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sudlersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Barclay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Roberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Church Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Town Manor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kings Town Manor is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Town Manor
- Kingstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kingstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Ingleside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Price
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Roe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Wye Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Skipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Woodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Blackiston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blackiston is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
- Kenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hartly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dinahs Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
- Marydel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spruance City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spruance City is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruance City
- Sunnyside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
- Burtonwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
- Cheswold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lakeshore Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Vandyke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Townsend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blackbird
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Middletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Odessa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deakyneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- McDonough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Summit Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
- Kirkwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Port Penn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Georges
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Bay Side
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Greenwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Othello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Salem County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Hancocks Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Quinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rivers Edge, see our County-by-County Page for Rivers Edge.
Cemeteries Near Rivers Edge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rivers Edge.
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 Rivers Edge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rivers Edge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Asbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crumpton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Dennis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Clements Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holdens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Dennis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Double Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sudlersville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wesley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet Hill Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blanco Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackiston 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.<3>
While we didn't find Rivers Edge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rivers Edge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rivers Edge, with the one closest to Rivers Edge listed first.
- Millington
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crumpton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lambson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lambson is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Massey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chesterville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Galena
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McGinnes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McGinnes is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGinnes
- Sudlersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delaney Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delaney Corner is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney Corner
- Golts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kennedyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Barclay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rivers Edge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rivers Edge.
Newspapers Published in Rivers Edge ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rivers Edge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rivers Edge, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rivers Edge.
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 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 Rivers Edge:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Kent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baltimore County
- Caroline County
- Cecil County
- Harford County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Cumberland County
- Salem 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 Rivers Edge, 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 from Point A (ie- Rivers Edge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |