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 Bruce (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 Bruce. 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.
Bruce is located in Pitt 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 Pitt County: Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Martin & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Bruce. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bruce:
- Pitt County (The home county of Bruce)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Falkland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Ripple City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Farmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Summerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Fountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Heritage Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Whitehurst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Bells Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Windsor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Rosedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Chocowinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Washington Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- River Road
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Craven County
- Fort Barnwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Sharp Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Cobb Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Conetoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Macclesfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetops
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Princeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Summerfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Tarboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Coakley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Hope Lodge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Maury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Speights Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Hookerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Contentnea
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Hobgood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Roseneath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Braswells Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Grifton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tick Bite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Graingers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kinfield Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Fields
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- La Grange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Parmele
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Hassell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Bear Grass
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Everetts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Oak City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williamston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Ashburk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Joyners Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Easonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Winstead Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Cliftonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Langley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- North Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Halifax Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Sandy Cross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Westry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Eureka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Saulston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Fremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pikeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Saratoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eastwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Elm City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Black Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Spring Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lucama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scotts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bruce, see our County-by-County Page for Bruce.
Cemeteries Near Bruce ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruce.
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 Bruce - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bruce covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brownhill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gleenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Henry W. Martin Cemetery
- J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (127 more) ...
- Homestead Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Simpson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Bruce in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bruce.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bruce, with the one closest to Bruce listed first.
- Falkland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Hollands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Farmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marlboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marlboro is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
- Old Sparta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Sparta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sparta
- Conetoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Fieldsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Renston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Winterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mildred
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mildred is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Lizzie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lizzie is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Rountree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bruce. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bruce.
Newspapers Published in Bruce ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bruce.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bruce, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bruce.
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 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 Bruce:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Craven County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Nash 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> | 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 Bruce, 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 from Point A (ie- Bruce) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |