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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 Robbins Landing (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 Robbins Landing. 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 Robbins Landing ...
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 Robbins Landing: Robbins Lndg. (or less commonly used: Robbins Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Robbins Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Robbins Landing may originally have been Robbin's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Robbins Landing might be written as Robbin Landing.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Robbins Landing 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 Robbins Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Robbins Landing:
- Dorchester County (The home county of Robbins Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Andrews
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Andrews is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Bucktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Toddville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Toddville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
- Elliott
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Crapo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crapo is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
- Lakesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
- Wingate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bishops Head
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
- Crocheron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crocheron is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocheron
- Fishing Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Church Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Cove Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cove Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
- Brianwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brianwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brianwood
- Chesapeake Ranch Estates - Drum Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Drum Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Drum Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
- Dowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lusby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Olivet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Solomons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Coster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coster is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coster
- Cove View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cove View is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove View
- Saint Leonard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mackall
(24 miles [38.6 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 Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Preston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hynson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tanyard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Federalsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Saint Mary's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Dameron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dameron is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
- Lexington Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- California
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Town Creek Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Town Creek Manor is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Creek Manor
- Great Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
- Scotland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drayden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Callaway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sotterley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Chance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dames Quarter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Deal Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wenona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wenona is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Monie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Monie is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monie
- Oriole
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oriole is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Champ
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Champ is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Loretto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Loretto is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Frenchtown - Rumbly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
- Princess Anne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Somersett Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Somersett Town is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersett Town
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Trappe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Newcomb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Neavitt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Easton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kirkham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Tilghman Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tilghman Island is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman Island
- Tilghman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Riverside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Talbot Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Bozman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Tyaskin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bivalve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jesterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
- Nanticoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nanticoke is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
- Capitola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Capitola is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
- Green Hill Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Green Hill Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Village
- Mardela Springs
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Quantico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Twiggs Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Twiggs Corner is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggs Corner
- Allen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Allen is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Centennial Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Hebron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Delmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reliance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blades
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Briar Hook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Heritage Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Robbins Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Robbins Landing.
Cemeteries Near Robbins Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Robbins Landing.
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 Robbins Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Robbins Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Insley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elliotts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gootee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Airey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Trinity Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary Star of the Sea Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Woolford Mace Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Robbins Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Robbins Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Robbins Landing, with the one closest to Robbins Landing listed first.
- Bestpitch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bestpitch is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestpitch
- Lakesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
- Crapo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crapo is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
- Toddville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Toddville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
- Elliott
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Bucktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Wingate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bishops Head
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
- Fishing Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cokeland is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeland
- Golden Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Hoopersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoopersville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopersville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nanticoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nanticoke is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
- Bivalve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Church Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Robbins Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Robbins Landing.
Newspapers Published in Robbins Landing ...
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 Robbins Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Robbins Landing, 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 Robbins Landing.
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 Robbins Landing:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Dorchester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calvert County
- Caroline 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 Robbins Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Robbins Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |