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 Ross Farm Woods (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 Ross Farm Woods. 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 northeast 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 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.
Ross Farm Woods 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 Ross Farm Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ross Farm Woods:
- Talbot County (The home county of Ross Farm Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Talbot Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Skipton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Easton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wye Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Trappe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Newcomb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Yorktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Highland Beach
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Tuckahoe Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Denton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Hillsboro
(6 miles [9.7 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Tanyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hynson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Ridgely
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Waddells Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Williamsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hurlock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- East New Market
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Finchville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Rhodesdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Reliance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Brookview
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Eldorado
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Algonquin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Cliffs City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Old Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Edesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Rock Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chestertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Morganec Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Millington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Queen Anne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Bloomingdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Guys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Roe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Centreville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Ingleside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Price
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Grasonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Narrows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Sharptown
(22 miles [35.4 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Hickman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Whiteleysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Brownsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Andrewsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Sandtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Marydel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Felton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Bridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Reliance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- 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
- Ross
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- 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)
- Lincoln Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ross Farm Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Ross Farm Woods.
Cemeteries Near Ross Farm Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ross Farm Woods.
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 Ross Farm Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ross Farm Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Kings Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bell Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Todds Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Denton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coppins Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old St. Lukes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Ross Farm Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ross Farm Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ross Farm Woods, with the one closest to Ross Farm Woods listed first.
- Matthews
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Matthews is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Williston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Williston is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Denton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cordova
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Queen Anne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- American Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- American Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Andersontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Andersontown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hobbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hobbs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Anthony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Linchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Linchester is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linchester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ross Farm Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ross Farm Woods.
Newspapers Published in Ross Farm Woods ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ross Farm Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ross Farm Woods, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ross Farm Woods.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Ross Farm Woods:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel 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 Ross Farm Woods, 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- Ross Farm Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |