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 Collingwood Estates (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 Collingwood Estates. 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 Collingwood Estates ...
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 Collingwood Estates: Collingwood Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Collingwood Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Collingwood Estates.
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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Collingwood Estates is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Collingwood Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Collingwood Estates:
- Wayne County (The home county of Collingwood Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Pikeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fremont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nahunta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Saulston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Mar-Mac Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Raynor Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Genoa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Elroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Brogden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Calypso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Drummersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Blizzards Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Beautancus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Outlaws Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Gradys Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Faison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Hills Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Albertson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Scotts Store
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Pleasant Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Red Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Macclesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Mercer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Pinetops
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Contentnea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Speights Bridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Jason
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Snow Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Glenfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Maury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Hookerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Rains Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Kenly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beulahtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bentonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- West Smithfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- La Grange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Albrittons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Kinston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Graingers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinfield Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Bailey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- High Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Winstead Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Middlesex
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Strickland Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Stanhope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Frazier Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Murraytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Samaria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Farmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Renston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Falkland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Newton Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Wendell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Black Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Lucama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stantonsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Eastwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Wilson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saratoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Spring Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Sims
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elm City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Collingwood Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Collingwood Estates.
Cemeteries Near Collingwood Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Collingwood Estates.
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 Collingwood Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Collingwood Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Pikesville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Dale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Old Mill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edmondson Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hinnant Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnant Family Cemetery
- The Hinnant Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Needham B. Hinnant Family Cemetery
- Holloman Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloman Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holloman Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Pine Level.
- The Holloman Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- George B. Holloman Family Cemetery
- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
- The Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Woodard 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.<4>
While we didn't find Collingwood Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Collingwood Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Collingwood Estates, with the one closest to Collingwood Estates listed first.
- Pikeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fremont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pinkney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Greenleaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Saulston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Faro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Black Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Kenly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lucama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stantonsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bagley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Elroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Collingwood Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Collingwood Estates.
Newspapers Published in Collingwood Estates ...
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 Collingwood Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Collingwood Estates, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Collingwood Estates.
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 Collingwood Estates:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Sampson County
- Wake County
- Wilson 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 '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- Collingwood Estates) 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 Collingwood Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |