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 Cedar Island (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 Cedar Island. 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 Cedar Island ...
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 Cedar Island: Cedar Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cedar Island. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Island.
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 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.
Cedar Island is located in Carteret 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 Carteret County: Craven, Hyde, Jones, Onslow & Pamlico.
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Island:
- Carteret County (The home county of Cedar Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Island, with the one closest to Cedar Island listed first.
- Atlantic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sealevel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stacy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stacy is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Portsmouth Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Portsmouth Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Village
- Portsmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Portsmouth is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Sportsmans Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sportsmans Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmans Village
- Davis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Williston is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Smyrna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bettie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bettie is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Otway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Otway is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otway
- Yucca Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yucca Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucca Village
- Craven County
- Bachelor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Hyde County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Island, with the one closest to Cedar Island listed first.
- Ocracoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Swan Quarter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Germantown is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Island, with the one closest to Cedar Island listed first.
- Pamlico
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Oriental
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hobucken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- Mesic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Vandemere
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Merritt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Lowland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lowland is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Stonewall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Bayboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Alliance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arapahoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Island, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Island.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Island.
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 Cedar Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Island, with the one closest to Cedar Island listed first.
- Gilgo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lupton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atlantic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Atlantic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Atlantic.
- The Atlantic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Over the Brook Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244961 <2>
- Isaiah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stacy Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Royals Creek Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Community Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Babb - Dixon Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Murphy Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Styron Family Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ocracoke Community Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- British Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the British Cemetery is located in Ocracoke.
- The British Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ocracoke British Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46935 <2>
- O'Neal Family Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Concord Church Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cedar Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Island, with the one closest to Cedar Island listed first.
- Roe
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roe is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Atlantic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Portsmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Portsmouth is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Davis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Merrimon is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimon
- Pamlico
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Smyrna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ocracoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Florence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Oriental
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hobucken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- Marshallberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallberg is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mesic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Vandemere
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Kershaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kershaw is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Island.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Island ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Island, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Island.
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 Cedar Island:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Carteret County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Hyde County
- Pamlico 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Island) 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 Cedar Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |