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 Castoria (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 Castoria. 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 doctors 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.
Castoria is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Edgecombe, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Castoria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Castoria:
- Greene County (The home county of Castoria)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Contentnea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Fieldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Hookerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Fort Barnwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Drummersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Gradys Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Albertson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Herrings Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Blizzards Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Cobb Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Macclesfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pinetops
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Henrietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Lancaster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Conetoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Sharpsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Princeville
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hartsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Kenly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Princeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beulahtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Wise Forks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Shady Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sassers Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Fields
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- La Grange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Graingers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Grifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tick Bite
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Kinston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kinfield Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Albrittons
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Loftins Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Deep Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Parmele
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Cliftonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Winstead Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- 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
- Ashburk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- High Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Easonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- 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
- Bailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Cross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Strickland Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Farmville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rountree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Renston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Red Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Falkland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Ayden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Summerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Winterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Bells Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Saulston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Fremont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pikeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Berkeley Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Walnut Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Goldsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nahunta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Seven Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Saratoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eastwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Black Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Wilson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lucama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elm City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Sims
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Castoria, see our County-by-County Page for Castoria.
Cemeteries Near Castoria ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Castoria.
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 Castoria - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Castoria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Free Union Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eason Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maury Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Maury.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386125 <2>
- Hollywood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The J. W. Allen Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the J. W. Allen Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Farmville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2420542 <2>
- Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edmondson Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Eureka Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Artis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Castoria had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Castoria, with the one closest to Castoria listed first.
- Contentnea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Lizzie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lizzie is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Speights Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Fieldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Marlboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marlboro is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
- Farmville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Ormondsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ormondsville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormondsville
- Faro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Shine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shine
- Hookerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stantonsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Rountree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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 Castoria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Castoria.
Newspapers Published in Castoria ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Castoria.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Castoria, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Castoria.
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 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 Castoria:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Pitt 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> | 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- Castoria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Castoria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |