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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 Combs Fork (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 Combs Fork. 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 Combs Fork ...
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 Combs Fork: Combs Frk.
- While the name of this community is Combs Fork, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Combs Fork may originally have been Comb's Fork.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Combs Fork might be written as Comb Fork.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Combs Fork is located in Jones 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 Jones County: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Lenoir & Onslow.
Below are the counties that are near Combs Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Combs Fork:
- Jones County (The home county of Combs Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Comfort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Phillips Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Taylors Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Sassers Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Pollocks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Hargetts Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Trenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wise Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Olivers Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Olivers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Kuhns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Cove City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Tuscarora
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Fort Barnwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- River Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Clark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Lima
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Brices Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- Trent Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- Old Town Harbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- Snug Harbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Vanceboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Potters Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
- Resaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Hadley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Petersburg Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg Crossing is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Crossing
- Cedar Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Quinns Store
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quinns Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinns Store
- Beulaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cabin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cabin is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin
- Fountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Albertson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Gradys Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Kornegay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kornegay is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornegay
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Glenfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Hookerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jason
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Snow Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Maury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Loftins Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Deep Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Albrittons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Pink Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kinfield Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Graingers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
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- Fields
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Tick Bite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- La Grange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Huffmantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Richlands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Pond Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Half Moon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Catherine Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Shamrock Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Cardinal Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Foxhorn Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Pumpkin Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Acorn Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Jacksonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Aragona Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Pender County
- Maple Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Quinerly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Clayroot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Coxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Ayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rountree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Calico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Shelmerdine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Seven Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Elroy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Combs Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Combs Fork.
Cemeteries Near Combs Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Combs Fork.
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 Combs Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Combs Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Rouse Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- King Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Abner Ervin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Adron Hill Whaley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Humphrey - Harper Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- John E. Steed Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Koonce Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sylvester Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (72 more) ...
- Maplewood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Southview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Southwest Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 Combs Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Combs Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Combs Fork, with the one closest to Combs Fork listed first.
- Comfort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Trenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Richlands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Deep Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Gum Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Olivers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Resaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Kinston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cove City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Falling Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- Beulaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Catherine Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Pollocksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Closs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Closs is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Combs Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Combs Fork.
Newspapers Published in Combs Fork ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Combs Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Combs Fork, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Combs Fork.
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 Combs Fork:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Jones County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carteret County
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Lenoir County
- Onslow County
- Pender County
- Pitt County
- Wayne 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 '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- Combs Fork) 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 Combs Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |