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 Artesia (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 Artesia. 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.
Artesia is located in Columbus 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 Columbus County: Bladen, Brunswick, Pender, Robeson & Horry (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Artesia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Artesia:
- Columbus County (The home county of Artesia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Hallsboro
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
- Redbug
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Redbug is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
- Lake Waccamaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brunswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Whiteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rico is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Bolton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Nakina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nakina is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
- Cribb Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Chadbourn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Rosindale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Council
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Council is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Clarkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Arcadia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Arcadia is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Abbottsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Kelly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Bladenboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- White Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Butters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Long View
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Long View is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Exum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Ash
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Makatoka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
- Longwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Longwood is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Northwest
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Northwest is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Sandy Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Shallotte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Malmo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Malmo is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- Supply
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sivey Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
- Calabash
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carolina Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
- Pender County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Atkinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Currie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Orrum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Allenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Barnesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Proctorville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Proctorville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Kerr
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Tomahawk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Horry County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Loris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Little Town is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Green Sea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Longs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Finklea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Little River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Artesia, see our County-by-County Page for Artesia.
Cemeteries Near Artesia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Artesia.
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 Artesia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Artesia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Mt. Hebron Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pierce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Batten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flynn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Faison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sibbitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. James Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. James Memorial Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Hallsboro.
- The St. James Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. James Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2462746 <3>
- Buie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (360 more) ...
- McEwen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchellfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Artesia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Artesia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Artesia, with the one closest to Artesia listed first.
- Hallsboro
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
- Lake Waccamaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whiteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rosindale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Bolton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Council
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Council is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Emerson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Emerson is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Old Dock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Old Dock is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
- Elkton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Clarkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Westbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westbrook is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Chadbourn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mollie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mollie is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Exum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Byrdville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Byrdville is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrdville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Artesia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Artesia.
Newspapers Published in Artesia ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Artesia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Artesia, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Artesia.
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 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 Artesia:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Columbus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Brunswick County
- Pender County
- Robeson County
- Sampson County
- Horry County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Artesia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Artesia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |