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 Belfast (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 Belfast. 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.
Belfast is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Belfast. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belfast:
- Wayne County (The home county of Belfast)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Goldsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saulston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Pikeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Berkeley Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Mar-Mac Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Nahunta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Elroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Genoa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Fremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Brogden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Raynor Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Drummersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Blizzards Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Calypso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Beautancus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Hills Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Gradys Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Herrings Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Faison
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Scotts Store
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Summerlins Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Albertson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Pleasant Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Macclesfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Jason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Contentnea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Glenfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Walstonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Hookerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Rains Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Princeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kenly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Harper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Jones County
- Wise Forks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- La Grange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Albrittons
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Deep Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Kinston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kinfield Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Graingers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Loftins Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Pink Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Bailey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- High Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Middlesex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Mount Pleasant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Winstead Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Rogers Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Strickland Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stanhope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Farmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Renston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Newton Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Keener
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Vann Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Black Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Lucama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stantonsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Eastwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Saratoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sims
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Elm City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belfast, see our County-by-County Page for Belfast.
Cemeteries Near Belfast ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belfast.
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 Belfast - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belfast covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Dale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pikesville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edgerton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Friends Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Friends Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Augustus Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Rhodes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edmondson Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Belfast in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belfast.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belfast, with the one closest to Belfast listed first.
- Greenleaf
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Goldsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pikeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saulston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Elroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Pinkney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Fremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Best
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Faro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Shine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shine
- Princeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dudley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- La Grange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belfast. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belfast.
Newspapers Published in Belfast ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belfast.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belfast, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belfast.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Belfast:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Sampson 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> | 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 Belfast, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belfast) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |