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 Boones 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 Boones 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 Boones 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 Boones Crossroads: Boones Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Boones Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Boones Crossroads may originally have been Boone'ss Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Boones Crossroads might be written as Boones 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Boones Crossroads is located in Northampton 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 Northampton County: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Warren, Brunswick (VA), Greensville (VA) & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Boones Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boones Crossroads:
- Northampton County (The home county of Boones Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lasker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Rich Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Seaboard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Garysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eagletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Conway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Margarettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Pleasant Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Roxobel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Aulander
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Hexlena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Powellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Drew
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Askewville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Gethsemane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Whitakers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Leggett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Speed
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Battleboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coakley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Hope Lodge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Summerfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Tarboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hartsease
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Tillery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Weldon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Scotland Neck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roanoke Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- South Rosemary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Braswells Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Enfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Menola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Murfreesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Earleys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Poor Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Barretts Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Ahoskie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Como
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cofield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tuscarora Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Tunis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Oak City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hassell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Taylor Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Hickory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Drake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Ante
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Gasburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Emporia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Claresville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Radium
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Little Texas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Branchville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Boykins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Koskoo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Statesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Adams Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Newsoms
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Drewryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sunbeam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Capron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Pope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pope is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Grizzard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boones Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Boones Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Boones Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boones 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 Boones Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boones Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Shield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Gilbert Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hales Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rea Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mary Chapel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Barden Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westray Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Madry Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Scotland Neck Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Norfleet Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Willey Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Boones Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boones Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boones Crossroads, with the one closest to Boones Crossroads listed first.
- Rehoboth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lasker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Tillery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Creeksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Creeksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
- Rich Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Halifax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ruggles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ruggles is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Gumberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Potecasi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Seaboard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eagletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Woodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boones Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boones Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Boones 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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boones Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boones Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boones Crossroads.
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 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 Boones Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Northampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Southampton County
- Sussex 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> | 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 Boones Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Boones Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |