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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 Cokesbury (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 Cokesbury. 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 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.

Cokesbury is located in Harnett 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 Harnett County: Chatham, Cumberland, Johnston, Lee, Sampson & Wake.

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

  • Harnett County     (The home county of Cokesbury)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Duncan
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Duncan is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Chalybeate Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
    • Rawls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Rawls is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
    • Kipling
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kipling is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
    • Boone Trail
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Boone Trail is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Trail
    • Luart
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Luart is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luart
    • Mamers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Mamers is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mamers
    • Cape Fear
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ryes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Ryes is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryes
    • Angier
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Seminole
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Seminole is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
    • Lillington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Alamance County
    • Mandale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Mandale is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Corinth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Corinth is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Brickhaven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
    • Haywood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Haywood is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Moncure
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Farmville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Cary is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Pittsboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bynum
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bynum is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
    • Fearrington Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
    • Gulf
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Gulf is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
    • Carbonton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Carbonton is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
    • Goldston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Linden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Manchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Manchester is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Spring Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Godwin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wade
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Wade is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wade <1>
    • Fort Bragg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • North Point Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
    • Falcon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Falcon is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Shaw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Shaw is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
      • Shaw has also been known as:
      • Shaw Heights
    • Bonnie Doone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Eastover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Eastover is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
      • Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
    • Holly Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Durham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Morrisville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Nelson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Nelson is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Parkwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Parkwood is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
    • Brassfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Brassfield is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
  • Johnston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Willow Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
    • Benson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Allens Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
    • Clayton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Four Oaks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • McKoy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • McKoy is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
    • Peacocks Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Broadway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgewater Estates
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
    • Osgood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Osgood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
    • San-Lee Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
    • Carolina Trace
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
    • Colon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Colon is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
    • Jonesboro Heights
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
    • Saint Andrews
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Andrews is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
    • Swann
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Swann is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
    • Sanford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Green Valley Estates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Glenwood Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
  • Moore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Cameron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Vass
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Dogwood Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
    • Greenwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Greenwood is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Chapel Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Davie Circle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Davie Circle is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
    • Tenney Circle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Tenney Circle is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney Circle
    • Carrboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Mount Bolus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Mount Bolus is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bolus
    • Spring Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Spring Valley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Summerfield Crossing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Summerfield Crossing is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Crossing
    • Rangewood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rangewood is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
    • Ashley Forest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Ashley Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Forest
    • Cedar Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Sampson County
    • Plain View
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Plain View is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
  • Wake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.
    • Hollemans Crossroads
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
      • Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
      • Collins
      • Enno
    • Wilbon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilbon is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon
    • Fuquay - Varina
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kennebec
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Kennebec is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
    • Holly Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • New Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Macks Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Macks Village is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
    • Mount Pleasant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Apex
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Apex is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <1>
    • Indian Trail
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Indian Trail is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
    • McCullers
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • McCullers is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
    • Dutchess Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village

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

Cemeteries Near Cokesbury ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cokesbury.

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 Cokesbury - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury 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.<4>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cokesbury, with the one closest to Cokesbury listed first.

  • Corinth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Corinth is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Holly Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Merry Oaks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Merry Oaks is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
  • Lillington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Haywood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Haywood is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
  • New Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Moncure
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Barclaysville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
  • Banks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Banks is located in Wake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
  • Apex
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Apex is located in Wake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <1>
  • Bunnlevel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
  • Turlington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Turlington is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Cary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Cary is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Spout Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
    • Garner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cokesbury ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cokesbury.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cokesbury, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cokesbury.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Cokesbury:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cokesbury) 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 Cokesbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.