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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 Deep Creek (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 Deep Creek. 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 Deep Creek ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Deep Creek: Deep Crk. (or less commonly used: Deep Ck. or Deep Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Deep Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Deep Creek.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Deep Creek is located in Accomack County.

To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Accomack County: Somerset (MD), Lancaster, Middlesex, Northampton & Northumberland.

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

  • Accomack County     (The home county of Deep Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deep Creek, with the one closest to Deep Creek listed first.
    • Onancock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Greenbush
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenbush is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
    • Tasley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Parksley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Whitesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Whitesville is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
    • Onley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Accomac
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Accomac is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accomac
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
    • Hopeton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hopeton is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton
    • Crockett Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Crockett Town is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Town
    • Gargatha
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Gargatha is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargatha
    • Bloxom
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Melfa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Locustville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Northampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deep Creek, with the one closest to Deep Creek listed first.
    • Exmore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Exmore is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,362 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exmore <1>
    • Wardtown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wardtown is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardtown
    • Pleasant Cove Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Cove Village is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove Village
    • Jamesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamesville is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
    • Nassawadox
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Marionville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Marionville is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
    • Birdsnest
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Sheps End
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Sheps End is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheps End
    • Bridgetown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bridgetown is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
    • Machipongo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Eastville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Northumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deep Creek, with the one closest to Deep Creek listed first.
    • Fleeton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Fleeton is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleeton
    • Reedville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Sunnybank
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
    • Ophelia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Somerset County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deep Creek, with the one closest to Deep Creek listed first.
    • Lawsonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Lawsonia is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonia
    • Crisfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Daugherty Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Daugherty Town is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Town
    • Tulls Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Tulls Corner is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls Corner
    • Annemessix Towne ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Annemessix Towne is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annemessix Towne
    • Rehobeth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Tylerton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Kingston is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Ewell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rhodes Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rhodes Point is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Point
    • Smith Island
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Smith Island is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Island
    • Fairmount
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Fairmount is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Frenchtown - Rumbly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
  • Worcester County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deep Creek, with the one closest to Deep Creek listed first.
    • Pocomoke City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Pocomoke City is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocomoke City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,095 people
      • Former names for Pocomoke City:
      • New Town
      • Stevens Landing
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocomoke City <1>
    • Stockton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Girdletree
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Girdletree is located in Worcester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdletree

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

Cemeteries Near Deep Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deep Creek.

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 Deep Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Onancock Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Fairlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lawn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Onancock.
  • Joynes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Holly Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Edge Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin/Hatton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin/Hatton
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Martin/Hatton is located outside and to the west of Melfa.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258639 <2>
  • Major Doughty Gravesite
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bloxom Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • McLane Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pungoteague Community Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (69 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Chesconessex
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Chesconessex is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesconessex
  • Onancock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lee Mont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lee Mont is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mont
  • Hopkins
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopkins is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
  • Tasley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Justisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Justisville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justisville
  • Cashville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cashville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashville
  • Savageville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Savageville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savageville
  • Onley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Parksley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pastoria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pastoria is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
  • Hopeton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopeton is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Guilford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Guilford is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
    • Daugherty
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Daugherty is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty
    • Melfa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Deep Creek ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deep Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deep Creek, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deep Creek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Deep Creek:

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>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.
<3>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 Deep Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Deep Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.