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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Barnes. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Barnes to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Barnes, please Contact Us.
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 Barnes (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 Barnes. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Barnes is historic, it would have been located within present day Wake 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 Wake County: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston & Nash.
Below are the counties that are near Barnes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barnes:
- Wake County (The home county of Barnes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Hopedale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Garner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hertford Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hertford Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertford Village
- Raleigh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McCullers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCullers is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Fairmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fairmont is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Method
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Emerald Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Macks Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macks Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
- Glenwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Meredith Townes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Cary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Brickhaven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Haywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Fearrington Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Moncure
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bynum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Morrisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Brassfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Parkwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Durham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gorman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- The American Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Wake Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Youngsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sutton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Franklinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Katesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Creedmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Energy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Butner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Wilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Angier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rawls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Duncan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Barclaysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Chalybeate Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Kipling
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Cokesbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Buies Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Coats
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cape Fear
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lillington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Luart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Luart is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luart
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Clayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Archer Lodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- 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
- Wilson's Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- West Smithfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Four Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Benson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Allens Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Redwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Broadway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
- Osgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Colon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- San-Lee Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Murraytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Rogers Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Middlesex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Union Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Rocky Cross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Samaria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Bailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Davie Circle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Davie Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
- Greenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Summerfield Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Crossing
- Chapel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
- Mount Bolus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bolus is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bolus
- Oak Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Tenney Circle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tenney Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney Circle
- Ashley Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Forest
- Carolwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carolwoods is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolwoods
- Cedar Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Lake Ellen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Ellen is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barnes, see our County-by-County Page for Barnes.
Cemeteries Near Barnes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barnes.
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 Barnes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barnes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Montlawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hilliard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carolina Biblical Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Biblical Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carolina Biblical Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Raleigh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47051 <3>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jeridan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchiner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.
While we didn't find Barnes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barnes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barnes, with the one closest to Barnes listed first.
- Garner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raleigh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Method
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Banks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Banks is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Asbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Milburnie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milburnie is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnie
- Millbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Cary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Six Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Six Forks is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Forks
- Clayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Apex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shotwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Neuse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barnes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barnes.
Newspapers Published in Barnes ...
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 278 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barnes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barnes, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barnes.
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 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 Barnes:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Harnett County
- Johnston County
- Lee County
- Nash County
- Orange County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Barnes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Barnes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |