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 Williston (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 Williston. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Williston is located in Caroline 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 Caroline County: Kent (DE), Sussex (DE), Dorchester, Queen Anne's & Talbot.
Below are the counties that are near Williston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williston:
- Caroline County (The home county of Williston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Tuckahoe Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Denton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Griffin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Hickman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Ridgely
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Hynson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tanyard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Williamsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Waddells Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Hurlock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Finchville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- 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
- Reliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- East New Market
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Rhodesdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- 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
- Galestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Linkwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Linkwood is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkwood
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Cliffs City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Old Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Mile Tree Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Millington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chestertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Morganec Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Rock Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Queen Anne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Roe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Bloomingdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Ingleside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Centreville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Guys
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Price
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Queenstown
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Roberts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Barclay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Grasonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Easton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Skipton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Talbot Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Wye Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trappe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Tunis Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Leeds Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Newcomb
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Sharptown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Delmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Hickman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Brownsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Whiteleysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Andrewsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Farmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Harrington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Felton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marydel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Bridgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Heritage Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Blades
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Ellendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williston, see our County-by-County Page for Williston.
Cemeteries Near Williston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williston.
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 Williston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Todds Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old St. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bell Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ames Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Denton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kings Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Smithson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Williston had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Williston, with the one closest to Williston listed first.
- Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Andersontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Andersontown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Denton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Griffin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- American Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- American Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
- Hobbs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hobbs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Anthony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Matthews
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Matthews is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Agner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Agner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agner
- Hickman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Nichols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nichols is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Smithville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Burrsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burrsville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williston.
Newspapers Published in Williston ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williston, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Williston.
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 Williston:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Caroline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot 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 Williston, 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' (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- Williston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |