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 Clement (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 Clement. 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 and hospitals 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.
Clement is located in Sampson 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 Sampson County: Bladen, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Johnston, Pender & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Clement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clement:
- Sampson County (The home county of Clement)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- Rebel City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Huntley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Autryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Salemburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spiveys Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Reynolds Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Plain View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Roseboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beaman Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Kitty Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Snow Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Vann Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Ammon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ruskin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- Tar Heel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yorick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Dublin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- Falcon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falcon is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Wade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stedman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Godwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eastover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eastover is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
- Vander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Linden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Judson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Fayetteville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Williams Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
- Holly Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Highland Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- North Point Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- Baltic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Baltic is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Faison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bowdens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bowdens is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdens
- Calypso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Dunn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grove Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lakeside Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Westhaven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Fonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Erwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Walkertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Bunnlevel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Turlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Harnett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harnett is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnett
- Anderson Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
- Flat Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Hoke County
- Rockfish
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- McKoy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Peacocks Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Benson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Allens Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Harper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bentonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Four Oaks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- Parkton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Pauls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Rex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rozier Siding is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozier Siding
- Wayne County
- Grantham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clement, see our County-by-County Page for Clement.
Cemeteries Near Clement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clement.
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 Clement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- Autry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Halls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Autry - Averitt Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawley Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Butler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Clement had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clement, with the one closest to Clement listed first.
- Autryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Huntley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Stedman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mingo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mingo is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Wade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hayne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hayne is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayne
- Godwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Roseboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carlos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carlos is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlos
- Cedar Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Beaman Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Timothy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Timothy is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Fayetteville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clement.
Newspapers Published in Clement ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clement, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clement.
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 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 Clement:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Sampson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Cumberland County
- Duplin County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Johnston County
- Robeson County
- Wayne 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 Clement, 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' (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- Clement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |