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 Caswell Beach (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 Caswell Beach. 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 Caswell Beach ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Caswell Beach: Caswell Bch.
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.
Caswell Beach is located in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County: Columbus, New Hanover, Pender & Horry (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Caswell Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caswell Beach:
- Brunswick County (The home county of Caswell Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Caswell Beach, with the one closest to Caswell Beach listed first.
- Southport
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Long Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Long Beach is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Yaupon Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Yaupon Beach is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaupon Beach
- Saint James
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint James is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,607 people
- Bald Head Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boiling Spring Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boiling Spring Lakes is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,430 people
- Varnamtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Varnamtown is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnamtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Bolivia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Supply
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holden Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sivey Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
- Old Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Columbus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caswell Beach, with the one closest to Caswell Beach listed first.
- Delco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Acme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- New Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caswell Beach, with the one closest to Caswell Beach listed first.
- Kure Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carolina Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sea Breeze
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sea Breeze is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
- Myrtle Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle Grove is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
- Silver Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Masonboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Masonboro is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonboro
- Wilmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seagate
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Seagate is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagate
- Hightsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hightsville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightsville
- Windemere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Windemere is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Wrightsville Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Grant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Grant is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Smith Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Creek is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Caswell Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Caswell Beach.
Cemeteries Near Caswell Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caswell Beach.
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 Caswell Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Caswell Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Caswell Beach, with the one closest to Caswell Beach listed first.
- John N. Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Federal Point Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drew Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Randolph Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Concord UMC Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Chapel Pentecostal Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- Freeman Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Wilmington.
- The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanks Chapel Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485215 <2>
- Galloway Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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 Caswell Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Caswell Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Caswell Beach, with the one closest to Caswell Beach listed first.
- Southport
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Supply
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winnabow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Town Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Shallotte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wilmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Malmo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Malmo is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- Wrightsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wrightsville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Navassa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Navassa is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navassa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,534 people
- Makatoka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
- Phoenix
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Phoenix is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
- Wrightsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wrightsboro is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Exum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Northwest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Northwest is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Ash
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Caswell Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Caswell Beach.
Newspapers Published in Caswell Beach ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caswell Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caswell Beach, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caswell Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Caswell Beach:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Brunswick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbus County
- New Hanover 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 Caswell Beach, 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- Caswell Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |