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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 Arapahoe (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 Arapahoe. 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 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.

Arapahoe is located in Pamlico County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pamlico County: Beaufort, Carteret & Craven.

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

  • Pamlico County     (The home county of Arapahoe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arapahoe, with the one closest to Arapahoe listed first.
    • Minnesott Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
    • Oriental
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Alliance
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Grantsboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Merritt
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Merritt is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
    • Bayboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Stonewall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
    • Reelsboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
    • Bay City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Bay City is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Pamlico
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
    • Vandemere
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Mesic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mesic is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arapahoe, with the one closest to Arapahoe listed first.
    • Aurora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Edward
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Blounts Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
    • Bath
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bath is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
    • Ransomville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
  • Carteret County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arapahoe, with the one closest to Arapahoe listed first.
    • Sportsmans Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Sportsmans Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmans Village
    • Conner Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Conner Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
    • Holly Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Newport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • North River
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • North River is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
    • Crab Point Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Crab Point Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
    • Mitchell Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Mitchell Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Village
    • Bettie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bettie is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
    • Broad Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Broad Creek is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
    • Carolina City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Carolina City is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina City
    • Morehead City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Atlantic Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arapahoe, with the one closest to Arapahoe listed first.
    • Cherry Point ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Cherry Point is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
      • Cherry Point has also been known as:
      • Cherry Point Landing
      • Cherrypoint Landing
      • Cherrypoint
    • Neuse Forest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
    • Fairfield Harbour
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
    • Bachelor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bachelor is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
    • Riverdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Riverdale is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
    • Hancock Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hancock Village is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
    • Havelock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Havelock is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
    • Manteo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Manteo is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Slocum Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Slocum Village is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
    • James City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • James City is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
    • Bridgeton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • New Bern
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arapahoe, with the one closest to Arapahoe listed first.
    • Debruhls Landing
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
    • Jones Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jones Corner is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
    • Tenmile Fork
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
    • Pollocksville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Chadwick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Chadwick is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
    • Oak Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Oak Grove is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Ravenswood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Ravenswood is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
    • Maysville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Olivers Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
    • Olivers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Olivers is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
    • Perfection
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Perfection is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
    • Trenton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Onslow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arapahoe, with the one closest to Arapahoe listed first.
    • Swansboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hubert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Arapahoe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arapahoe.

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

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

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

  • Rawls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Small Chapel UCC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cayton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Broughton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Nolan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hollywood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethel Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Concord Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bridgeton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stapleford Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (38 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Arapahoe had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Arapahoe had a population of 534 people.

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

  • Janeiro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Janeiro is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeiro
  • Kershaw
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kershaw is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
  • Cherry Point ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Point is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
    • Cherry Point has also been known as:
    • Cherry Point Landing
    • Cherrypoint Landing
    • Cherrypoint
  • Croatan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Croatan is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croatan
  • Bachelor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bachelor is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
  • Oriental
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Alliance
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Grantsboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Riverdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Riverdale is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
  • Stonewall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
  • Bayboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Reelsboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Thurman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Thurman is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
    • Merrimon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Merrimon is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimon
    • Pamlico
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico

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

Newspapers Published in Arapahoe ...

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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arapahoe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arapahoe, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arapahoe.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Arapahoe:

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 Arapahoe, 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' (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- Arapahoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.