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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 Upper Crossroads (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 Upper Crossroads. 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 Upper Crossroads ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Upper Crossroads: Upper Xrds.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Upper Crossroads is located in Harford 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 Harford County: Baltimore, Cecil, Kent, Lancaster (PA) & York (PA).

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

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

Cemeteries Near Upper Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Crossroads.

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 Upper Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Crossroads, with the one closest to Upper Crossroads listed first.

  • Providence Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Upper Crossroads Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Good Will Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Fallston Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Brick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Highview Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Fork Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Friends Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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    • Jarrettsville Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Watters Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tabernacle Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Upper Crossroads had a population of 186 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Pleasantville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Pleasantville is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Sweet Air
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sweet Air is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Air
  • Baldwin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Furnace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Furnace is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Fallston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • High Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • High Point is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Taylor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Knoebel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Knoebel is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoebel
  • Hydes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Wimbledon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wimbledon is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimbledon
  • Vale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Vale is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
  • Jarrettsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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    • Coopstown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Manor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Manor is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Sunnybrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunnybrook is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook

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

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 helpful 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 Upper Crossroads:

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 Upper Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.