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 Colonial Heights (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 Colonial Heights. 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 Colonial Heights ...
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 Colonial Heights: Colonial Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Colonial Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Colonial Heights.
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 hospitals and 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.
Colonial Heights is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bladen, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Robeson & Sampson.
Below are the counties that are near Colonial Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colonial Heights:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Colonial Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Hope Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ardulusa
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ardulusa is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardulusa
- Timberlake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Cumberland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highland Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Kingsford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kingsford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
- Williams Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
- Fayetteville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Judson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Judson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Bonnie Doone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Vander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Shaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shaw is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Shaw has also been known as:
- Shaw Heights
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Tar Heel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Ruskin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- Dublin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Yorick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Butters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Bladenboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Overhills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Twin Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Anderson Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
- Spout Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Walkertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Flat Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Fonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Johnsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Bunnlevel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Pineview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pineview is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Barbecue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barbecue is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbecue
- Harnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harnett is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnett
- Hoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Rockfish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Dundarrach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Gold Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Raeford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Timberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Bowmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Ashley Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Vass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Aberdeen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Southern Pines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Parkton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Saint Pauls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rennert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rennert is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Shannon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rozier Siding is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozier Siding
- Saddletree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saddletree is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddletree
- Red Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Ten Mile
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
- Philadelphus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphus is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphus
- Prospect
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Lowe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowe is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Autryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Roseboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rebel City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Salemburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Huntley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Snow Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- McDaniels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McDaniels is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Reynolds Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Plain View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Scotland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Crump Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- New Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Wagram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Laurinburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Colonial Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Colonial Heights.
Cemeteries Near Colonial Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colonial Heights.
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 Colonial Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colonial Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Adcox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockfish Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McFayden Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union MB Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fayetteville Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parnell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McMillan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Holt Morgan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hair Cemetery
- The Hair Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hair - Massey Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2542392 <2>
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Cobb Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woods Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Colonial Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Colonial Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Colonial Heights, with the one closest to Colonial Heights listed first.
- Roslin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roslin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Hope Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cumberland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grays Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grays Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Creek
- Lumber Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Fayetteville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Pauls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Vander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Shannon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Tolarsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tolarsville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarsville
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stedman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Red Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saddletree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saddletree is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddletree
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Colonial Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colonial Heights.
Newspapers Published in Colonial Heights ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colonial Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colonial Heights, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colonial Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Colonial Heights:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Moore County
- Robeson County
- Sampson County
- Scotland 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Colonial Heights) 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 Colonial Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |