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 Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Butler Crossroads: Butler Xrds.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Butler Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Butler 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 southwest 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 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.
Butler Crossroads 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 Butler Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Butler Crossroads:
- Columbus County (The home county of Butler Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Crossroads, with the one closest to Butler Crossroads listed first.
- Bug Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
- Nakina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nakina is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
- Pine Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Level is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Bethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Pireway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pireway is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
- Ironhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Cribb Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Tabor City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brunswick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clarendon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Emerson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Redbug
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Redbug is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
- Hallsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Crossroads, with the one closest to Butler Crossroads listed first.
- Rosindale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Council
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Council is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Clarkton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Arcadia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Arcadia is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Abbottsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Crossroads, with the one closest to Butler Crossroads listed first.
- Ash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Longwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Exum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Makatoka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
- Carolina Shores
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
- Calabash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sunset Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shallotte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean Isle Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sivey Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
- Supply
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Holden Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Varnamtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Varnamtown is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnamtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Horry County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Crossroads, with the one closest to Butler Crossroads listed first.
- Little Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Town is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Longs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Loris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Creek Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Creek Village is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Village
- Cherry Grove Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Myrtle Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hand
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hand is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Atlantic Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Atlantic Beach is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Finklea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Green Sea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gurley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Marion County (SC)
- Nichols
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Butler Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Butler Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Butler Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Butler 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 Butler Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Butler Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Butler Crossroads, with the one closest to Butler Crossroads listed first.
- St. Stevens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Watts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Formyduval Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coleman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Duncan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ward Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- McKeithan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackmon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Butler Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Butler Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Butler Crossroads, with the one closest to Butler Crossroads listed first.
- Bug Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
- Pireway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pireway is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
- Dothan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dothan is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
- Ash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Old Dock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Dock is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
- Mollie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mollie is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Ironhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Iredell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Iredell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iredell
- Exum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Makatoka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
- Daisy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Little River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Calabash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clarendon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Emerson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Butler Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Butler Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Butler 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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Butler Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Butler Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Butler Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Butler Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Columbus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Brunswick 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 Butler Crossroads, 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- Butler Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |