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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 Tunis (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 Tunis. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Tunis 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 Tunis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tunis:

  • Talbot County     (The home county of Tunis)
  • Anne Arundel County
  • Baltimore County
  • Calvert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • North Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chesapeake Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Summer City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Summer City is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
    • Owings Town Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Owings Town Center is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings Town Center
    • Owings
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Willows
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunderland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chaney
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Angelica
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Parran
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Parran is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
    • Apple Greene
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Dunkirk Town Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Dunkirk Town Center is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk Town Center
    • Dunkirk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Caroline County
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Hills Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
    • James
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lloyds
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Thomas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Algonquin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
    • Cambridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Patamoke Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
    • Madison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Woolford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Woolford is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
    • Secretary
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Church Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Thompson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Thompson is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Waddells Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Kent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Cliffs City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Cliffs City is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
    • Rock Hall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Edesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Old Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Old Town is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Pomona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Chestertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Mile Tree Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
    • Morganec Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Morganec Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
  • Prince George's County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Bowie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Pin Oak Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Pin Oak Village is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
    • Upper Marlboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Croom
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Cedarhaven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eagle Harbor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Westwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Collington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Marlton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Marlton is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton
    • North Keys
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Aquasco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Horsehead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kettering
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Kettering is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettering
  • Queen Anne's County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Mattapex
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cheslou Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
    • Grasonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kent Narrows
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
    • Guys
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
    • Chester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Stevensville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bay City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Bloomingdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Queenstown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
    • Willoughby
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Queen Anne
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Centreville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent County (DE)

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

Cemeteries Near Tunis ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tunis.

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 Tunis - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis 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.<4>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Tunis ...

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 Tunis.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tunis, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tunis.

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 Tunis:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tunis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Tunis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.