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 Cobbs Crossroads (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 Cobbs Crossroads. 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 Cobbs Crossroads ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Cobbs Crossroads: Cobbs Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Cobbs Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cobbs Crossroads may originally have been Cobb's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cobbs Crossroads might be written as Cobb Crossroads.
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.
Cobbs Crossroads is located in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County: Halifax, Martin, Nash, Pitt & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Cobbs Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cobbs Crossroads:
- Edgecombe County (The home county of Cobbs Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Pinetops
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cobb Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Macclesfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Mercer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Lancaster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Conetoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Summerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Princeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hartsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Speights Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Contentnea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Maury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hookerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glenfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Hobgood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Roseneath
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Braswells Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Scotland Neck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lenoir County
- Grifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Parmele
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hassell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Oak City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Everetts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Grass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Ashburk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Joyners Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Easonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Langley Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- North Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Cliftonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Winstead Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Halifax Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Sandy Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Westry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Dortches
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Drake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Fountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Falkland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Bethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Farmville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Whitehurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- House
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Oakley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oakley is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Ripple City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Summerfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Heritage Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Eureka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Saratoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eastwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Stantonsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Black Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Lucama
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Sims
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cobbs Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Cobbs Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Cobbs Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cobbs Crossroads.
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 Cobbs Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cobbs Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Pineview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Varnell Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edgecombe Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the east of Wilson.
- The Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Womble Cemetery
- Womble Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2337787 <3>
- Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Princeville Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dancy Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eastlawn Memorial Garden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlawn Memorial Garden
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastlawn Memorial Garden is located outside and to the northeast of Tarboro.
- The Eastlawn Memorial Garden has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164807 <3>
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Bulluck Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Cobbs Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cobbs Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cobbs Crossroads, with the one closest to Cobbs Crossroads listed first.
- Old Sparta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Sparta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sparta
- Saint Lewis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saint Lewis is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lewis
- Falkland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Mildred
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mildred is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Bridgersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bridgersville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgersville
- Hollands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Conetoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Hartsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Tarboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Penelo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Penelo is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelo
- Fieldsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Farmville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saratoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Marlboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Marlboro is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cobbs Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cobbs Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Cobbs Crossroads ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cobbs Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cobbs Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cobbs Crossroads.
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 helpful 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 Cobbs Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Edgecombe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Wayne County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cobbs Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Cobbs Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |