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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 Abbottsburg (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 Abbottsburg. 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 doctors and 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.

Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bladen County: Columbus, Cumberland, Pender, Robeson & Sampson.

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

  • Bladen County     (The home county of Abbottsburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abbottsburg, with the one closest to Abbottsburg listed first.
    • Clarkton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
      • Clarkton is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkton <2>
    • Bladenboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bladenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladenboro
      • Bladenboro is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,697 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bladenboro <2>
    • Butters
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
      • Butters is located in Bladen County
    • Dublin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
      • Dublin is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • Elizabethtown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <2>
    • Mount Olive
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
      • Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
    • Yorick
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosindale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosindale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
      • Rosindale is located in Bladen County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rosindale
      • From Abbottsburg to Rosindale
    • Ruskin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Tar Heel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • White Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
      • White Lake is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Lake <2>
    • Council
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
      • Council is located in Bladen County
  • Columbus County
  • Robeson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abbottsburg, with the one closest to Abbottsburg listed first.
    • Allenton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Orrum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
      • Orrum is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Lumberton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Barker Ten Mile
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barker Ten Mile have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
      • Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
    • Proctorville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctorville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
      • Proctorville is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Barnesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
      • Barnesville is located in Robeson County
    • Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saddletree
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairmont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lowe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
      • Lowe is located in Robeson County
    • Saint Pauls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Marietta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Marietta is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Sampson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abbottsburg, with the one closest to Abbottsburg listed first.
    • Kerr
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kerr. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
      • Kerr is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kerr
      • From Abbottsburg to Kerr
    • Garland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tomahawk
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tomahawk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
      • Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tomahawk
      • From Abbottsburg to Tomahawk
    • Ivanhoe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ivanhoe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ivanhoe
      • From Abbottsburg to Ivanhoe
    • McDaniels
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ingold
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ingold. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingold
      • Ingold is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ingold
      • From Abbottsburg to Ingold
  • Dillon County (SC)
  • Horry County (SC)

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

Cemeteries Near Abbottsburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Abbottsburg.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Roanoke Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roanoke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roanoke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hines Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hines Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ed Lewis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Meadow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Crest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Crest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Crest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bladenboro Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bladenboro Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bladenboro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ellis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Callihan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Callihan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Callihan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Benevolent Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benevolent Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benevolent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rising Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rising Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rising Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bladen Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bladen Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bladen Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Hester Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hester Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lewis Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Owens Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owens Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Abbottsburg had a population of 305 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Clarkton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
    • Clarkton is located in Bladen County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkton <2>
  • Bladenboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bladenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladenboro
    • Bladenboro is located in Bladen County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,697 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bladenboro <2>
  • Richardson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
    • Richardson is located in Bladen County
  • Elkton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Elkton is located in Bladen County
  • Emerson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Emerson is located in Bladen County
  • Elizabethtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <2>
  • Evergreen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Whiteville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rosindale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosindale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
    • Rosindale is located in Bladen County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Rosindale
    • From Abbottsburg to Rosindale
  • Allenton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chadbourn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tar Heel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Hallsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Orrum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
      • Orrum is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Council
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
      • Council is located in Bladen County

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

Newspapers Published in Abbottsburg ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Abbottsburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Abbottsburg, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Abbottsburg.

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 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 Abbottsburg:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Abbottsburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bladen County: www.bladeninfo.net/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Abbottsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Abbottsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Abbottsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5169, Longitude: -78.7246    









 

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