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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Chicamacomico Life Saving Station. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Chicamacomico Life Saving Station to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, please Contact Us.

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 Chicamacomico Life Saving Station (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 Chicamacomico Life Saving Station. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Chicamacomico Life Saving Station is historic, it would have been located within present day Dare County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dare County: Hyde & Tyrrell.

Below are the counties that are near Chicamacomico Life Saving Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chicamacomico Life Saving Station:

  • Dare County     (The home county of Chicamacomico Life Saving Station)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, with the one closest to Chicamacomico Life Saving Station listed first.
    • Rodanthe
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rodanthe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodanthe
      • Rodanthe is located in Dare County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rodanthe <3>
    • Waves
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Salvo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salvo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salvo
      • Salvo is located in Dare County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salvo <3>
    • Avon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Avon is located in Dare County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <3>
    • Stumpy Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stumpy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumpy Point
      • Stumpy Point is located in Dare County
    • Wanchese
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Whalebone
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Manteo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manteo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
      • Manteo is located in Dare County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,468 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteo <3>
    • Buxton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buxton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
      • Buxton is located in Dare County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buxton <3>
    • Nags Head
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Manns Harbor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Frisco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frisco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
      • Frisco is located in Dare County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frisco <3>
    • Fort Raleigh City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Raleigh City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Raleigh City
      • Fort Raleigh City is located in Dare County
  • Hyde County
    • Engelhard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engelhard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engelhard
      • Engelhard is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Engelhard <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, see our County-by-County Page for Chicamacomico Life Saving Station.

Cemeteries Near Chicamacomico Life Saving Station ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chicamacomico Life Saving Station.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chicamacomico Life Saving Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, with the one closest to Chicamacomico Life Saving Station listed first.

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.

While we didn't find Chicamacomico Life Saving Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chicamacomico Life Saving Station.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, with the one closest to Chicamacomico Life Saving Station listed first.

  • Rodanthe
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rodanthe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodanthe
    • Rodanthe is located in Dare County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rodanthe <3>
  • Avon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Avon is located in Dare County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <3>
  • Stumpy Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stumpy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumpy Point
    • Stumpy Point is located in Dare County
  • Wanchese
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Buxton
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buxton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
    • Buxton is located in Dare County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buxton <3>
  • Manteo
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manteo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Manteo is located in Dare County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,468 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteo <3>
  • Nags Head
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Manns Harbor
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hatteras
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatteras have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatteras
    • Hatteras is located in Dare County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatteras <3>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chicamacomico Life Saving Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chicamacomico Life Saving Station.

Newspapers Published in Chicamacomico Life Saving Station ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chicamacomico Life Saving Station.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chicamacomico Life Saving Station.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Chicamacomico Life Saving Station:

The official website for Dare County: www.co.dare.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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- Chicamacomico Life Saving Station) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chicamacomico Life Saving Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5951, Longitude: -75.4649    









 

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