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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 Aumans Crossroads (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 Aumans Crossroads. 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 Aumans Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Aumans Crossroads: Aumans Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Aumans Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Aumans Crossroads may originally have been Auman's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Aumans Crossroads might be written as Auman Crossroads.
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 doctors 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.
Aumans Crossroads is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Aumans Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aumans Crossroads:
- Randolph County (The home county of Aumans Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Michfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Seagrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Eleazer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Asheboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coleridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Central Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Cedar Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Franklinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ramseur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Alamance County
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Bennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bonlee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Siler City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Carbonton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Goldston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Complex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Handy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Denton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Cedar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Silver Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Eden ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Southmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Cotton Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Holly Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Thomasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Climax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Julian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Allen Jay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Freeman Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Pleasant Garden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sherwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Kirkman Crossroad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- High Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Asbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Abner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Allreds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Ophir
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Eldorado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Blaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Biscoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Troy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Candor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jugtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Robbins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
- Eagle Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Harris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harris is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Seven Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Lakes is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- Jackson Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Springs
- West End
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foxfire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foxfire is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Richmond County
- Norman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Norman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Craven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Gold Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Badin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- New London
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Albemarle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Misenheimer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Cedar Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Norwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millingport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Plyer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aumans Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Aumans Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Aumans Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aumans Crossroads.
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 Aumans Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aumans Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Grace Baptist Temple Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huldah Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fair Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whynot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Friends Meeting Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cagle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Balfour Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Love Joy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shamburger Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Salem UCC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Russell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Aumans Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aumans Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aumans Crossroads, with the one closest to Aumans Crossroads listed first.
- Pisgah
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Asbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Ulah
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ulah is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulah
- Eleazer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Immer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Immer is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immer
- Allreds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Mechanic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Ophir
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Okeewemee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Okeewemee is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okeewemee
- Farmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Farmer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Pinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pinson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinson
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Blaine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aumans Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aumans Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Aumans Crossroads ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aumans Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aumans Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aumans Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Aumans Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aumans Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Aumans Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |