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 Bagley (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 Bagley. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Bagley is located in Johnston 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 Johnston County: Harnett, Nash, Sampson, Wake, Wayne & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Bagley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bagley:
- Johnston County (The home county of Bagley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Beulahtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Kenly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Micro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Rains Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Pine Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Stancils Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Selma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Smithfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Duplin County
- Calypso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Macclesfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Sutton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Contentnea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Jason
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Walstonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Snow Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Grove Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lakeside Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Coats
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Barclaysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Lenoir County
- La Grange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Bailey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Middlesex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- High Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Murraytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Union Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Samaria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Floods Chapel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Frazier Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Rocky Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Cliftonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Pitt County
- Fountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Newton Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Vann Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Wendell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Emerald Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Knightdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Garner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hopedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Rolesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Skycrest Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Mount Pleasant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Nahunta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raynor Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Eureka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Goldsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Mar-Mac Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Saulston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Genoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Grantham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Berkeley Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Lucama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Black Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Sims
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Spring Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Stantonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Saratoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bagley, see our County-by-County Page for Bagley.
Cemeteries Near Bagley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bagley.
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 Bagley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bagley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Hinnant Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnant Family Cemetery
- The Hinnant Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Needham B. Hinnant Family Cemetery
- Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
- The Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Woodard Cemetery
- Holloman Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloman Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holloman Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Pine Level.
- The Holloman Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- George B. Holloman Family Cemetery
- Shoeheel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jordan Godwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Batten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crocker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hicks Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Stancils Chapel.
- The Hicks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hicks Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524837 <3>
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Broadwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peedin Family Burial Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peedin Family Burial Ground
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peedin Family Burial Ground is located outside and to the west of Selma.
- The Peedin Family Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Peedin Family Cemetery
- Wiley Peedin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2526792 <3>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bagley had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bagley, with the one closest to Bagley listed first.
- Micro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Kenly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinkney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Selma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smithfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lucama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson's Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Connor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Black Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Archer Lodge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bagley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bagley.
Newspapers Published in Bagley ...
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 Bagley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bagley, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bagley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Bagley:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Johnston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Harnett County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Sampson County
- Wake County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bagley) 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 Bagley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |