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 Boardman (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 Boardman. 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 southwest 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 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.
Boardman 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 Boardman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boardman:
- Columbus County (The home county of Boardman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boardman, with the one closest to Boardman listed first.
- Evergreen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Williamson Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cerro Gordo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Grist
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grist is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
- Fair Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chadbourn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Brunswick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cribb Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boardman, with the one closest to Boardman listed first.
- Butters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Bladenboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Clarkton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dublin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Tar Heel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosindale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Elizabethtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Yorick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Ruskin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- White Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boardman, with the one closest to Boardman listed first.
- Orrum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Proctorville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Proctorville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Barnesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Allenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Fairmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marietta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Lumberton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McDonald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Barker Ten Mile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
- Raynham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raynham is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Lowe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lowe is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Elrod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elrod is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Dillon County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boardman, with the one closest to Boardman listed first.
- Lake View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Floydale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dillon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oakland Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oakland Crossroads is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Crossroads
- Little Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Latta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Minturn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Horry County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boardman, with the one closest to Boardman listed first.
- Green Sea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Finklea
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Loris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gurley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Daisy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Marion County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boardman, with the one closest to Boardman listed first.
- Nichols
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mullins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boardman, see our County-by-County Page for Boardman.
Cemeteries Near Boardman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boardman.
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 Boardman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boardman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boardman, with the one closest to Boardman listed first.
- Britt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Flowers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nye Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nobles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sealey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Britt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Britt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- Warwick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Herring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Boardman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boardman.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boardman, with the one closest to Boardman listed first.
- Evergreen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Orrum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Cerro Gordo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Fair Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
- Chadbourn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richardson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Allenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Bladenboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lumberton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Abbottsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Whiteville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gaddysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gaddysville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddysville
- Clarendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Clarkton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boardman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boardman.
Newspapers Published in Boardman ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boardman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boardman, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boardman.
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 Boardman:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Columbus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Robeson County
- Dillon County
- Horry County
- Marion 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> | 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 Boardman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boardman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |