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 Cahaba (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 Cahaba. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cahaba is located in Bertie 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 Bertie County: Chowan, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Cahaba. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cahaba:
- Bertie County (The home county of Cahaba)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Lewiston Woodville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Drew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Kelford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Windsor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hexlena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Roxobel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Aulander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Askewville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Powellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Merry Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
- Colerain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Chowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Edenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mavaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Coakley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Speed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Lawrence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Conetoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Hope Lodge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Princeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Tarboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leggett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Summerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Henrietta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Gethsemane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Palmyra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Braswells Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Hobgood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Scotland Neck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Roseneath
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Tillery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Enfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Earleys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Poor Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Ahoskie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Menola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Cofield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Murfreesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harrellsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Tunis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Tuscarora Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Winton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hassell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Gold Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Everetts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Williamston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Parmele
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Bear Grass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Jamesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dardens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dardens is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dardens
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Eagletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Rich Square
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lasker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Conway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Congleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Congleton is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congleton
- Oakley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oakley is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Stokes
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stokes is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Whichard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whichard is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whichard
- Pactolus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pactolus is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Falkland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Plymouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Pine Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cahaba, see our County-by-County Page for Cahaba.
Cemeteries Near Cahaba ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cahaba.
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 Cahaba - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cahaba covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Hoggard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Griffin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mizell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dorsey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Palmyra Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hyman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roxobel - Kelford Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Cemetery
- The Edgewood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Edgewood Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47284 <2>
- Charleston Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (98 more) ...
- Fields Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barden 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 Cahaba in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cahaba.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cahaba, with the one closest to Cahaba listed first.
- Drew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Conoho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conoho is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conoho
- Kelford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Norfleet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norfleet is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfleet
- Palmyra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Hassell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Windsor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roxobel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Hexlena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Aulander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Hobgood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Everetts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Williamston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cahaba. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cahaba.
Newspapers Published in Cahaba ...
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 Cahaba.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cahaba, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cahaba.
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 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 Cahaba:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Bertie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chowan County
- Edgecombe County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Northampton County
- Pitt County
- Washington 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 Cahaba, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cahaba) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |