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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 Saint Andrews Estates (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 Saint Andrews Estates. 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 Saint Andrews Estates ...

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 Saint Andrews Estates: St. Andrews Ests.
  • While the name of this community is Saint Andrews Estates, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Saint Andrews Estates may originally have been Saint Andrew's Estates.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Saint Andrews Estates might be written as Saint Andrew Estates.

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 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.

Saint Andrews Estates is located in Saint Mary's 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 Saint Mary's County: Calvert & Charles.

Below are the counties that are near Saint Andrews Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Andrews Estates:

  • Saint Mary's County     (The home county of Saint Andrews Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • California
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • North Town Creek Manor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • North Town Creek Manor is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Creek Manor
    • Hollywood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Hollywood is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • Callaway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Great Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lexington Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sotterley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
    • Leonardtown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Valley Lee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
    • Compton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Compton is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
    • Drayden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Breton Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Breton Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breton Beach
  • Anne Arundel County
  • Calvert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Solomons
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Coster
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Coster is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coster
    • Cove View
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cove View is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove View
    • Dowell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Olivet
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Olivet is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Drum Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Drum Point is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
    • Broomes Island
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mackall
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Mackall is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackall
    • Chesapeake Ranch Estates - Drum Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wallville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Wallville is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallville
    • Brianwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brianwood is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brianwood
    • Lusby
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Charles County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Rock Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Rock Point is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Benedict
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cobb Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Mount Victoria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Mount Victoria is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victoria
    • Hughesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Independence Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Independence Village is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
    • Morgantown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Morgantown is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
    • Newburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bryantown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Faulkner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Malcolm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Malcolm is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
    • Bel Alton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Fishing Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Golden Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
    • Taylors Island
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Crapo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Crapo is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
    • Lakesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
    • Madison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Madison is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Thomas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Thomas is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
    • Andrews
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Andrews is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Woolford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Woolford is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
    • Toddville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Toddville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
    • Church Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • James
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • James is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Prince George's County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Cedarhaven
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
    • Eagle Harbor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Aquasco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Aquasco is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquasco
    • Orme
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Orme is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
    • Horsehead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Horsehead is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
    • Westwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Westwood is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
    • Cedarville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedarville is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Talbot County
    • Tilghman Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Tilghman Island is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman Island
  • Essex County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Layton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Layton is located in Essex County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
    • Occupacia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Occupacia is located in Essex County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occupacia
  • King George County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Dahlgren
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Ninde
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Ninde is located in King George County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninde
    • Alden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Alden is located in King George County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
    • Hooes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hooes is located in King George County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooes
    • Shiloh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Shiloh is located in King George County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Northumberland County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Lodge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Lodge is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
    • Morrisons Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Morrisons Corner is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisons Corner
    • Bundick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Bundick is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
    • Coan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Coan is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coan
    • Rainswood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Rainswood is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
    • Heathsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lara
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Lara is located in Northumberland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lara
    • Ophelia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Richmond County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Rich Neck
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Rich Neck is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck
    • Tallent Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Tallent Town is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallent Town
    • Newland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Newland is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
    • Warsaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Warsaw is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,490 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <2>
    • Naylors
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Naylors is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylors
    • Emmerton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Emmerton is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmerton
    • Farnham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Farnham is located in Richmond County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnham
  • Westmoreland County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.
    • Tucker Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Tucker Hill is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Hill
    • Hinnom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hinnom is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnom
    • Machodoc
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Machodoc is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machodoc
    • Bryant Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bryant Town is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Town
    • Chiltons
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chiltons is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltons
    • Griffiths Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Griffiths Corner is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths Corner
    • Kinsale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Baynesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Baynesville is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baynesville
    • Montross
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Montross is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montross <2>
    • Nomini Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Nomini Grove is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nomini Grove
    • Colonial Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Potomac Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Potomac Mills is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Mills

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Andrews Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Andrews Estates.

Cemeteries Near Saint Andrews Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Andrews Estates.

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 Saint Andrews Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Andrews Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Saint Andrews Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Andrews Estates.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Andrews Estates, with the one closest to Saint Andrews Estates listed first.

  • California
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Hollywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hollywood is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
  • Great Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Solomons
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sotterley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
  • Leonardtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Valley Lee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
  • Drumcliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Drumcliff is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drumcliff
  • Drum Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Drum Point is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
  • Sollers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sollers is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sollers
  • Compton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Compton is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
  • Mackall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mackall is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackall
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Broomes Island
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Oakville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakville is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Loveville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Loveville is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Andrews Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Andrews Estates.

Newspapers Published in Saint Andrews Estates ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Andrews Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Andrews Estates, 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 Saint Andrews Estates.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Saint Andrews Estates:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Andrews Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 Saint Andrews Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.