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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 Contentnea Junction (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 Contentnea Junction. 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 Contentnea Junction ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Contentnea Junction: Contentnea Jct. (or less commonly used: Contentnea Jctn.)
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.
Contentnea Junction is located in Wilson 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 Wilson County: Edgecombe, Greene, Johnston, Nash, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Contentnea Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Contentnea Junction:
- Wilson County (The home county of Contentnea Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Black Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Eastwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Wilson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lucama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Spring Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Stantonsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sims
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Macclesfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mercer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Cobb Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Lancaster
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Pinetops
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Rocky Mount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hartsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Hartsease
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Henrietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Summerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Sutton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Contentnea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Maury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Glenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Hookerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Kenly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Stancils Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Rains Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Micro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Archer Lodge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Wilson's Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- La Grange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Cliftonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- High Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Winstead Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Bailey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Strickland Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Joyners Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Langley Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Sandy Cross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Stanhope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Ashburk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Easonburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Fountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Farmville
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Falkland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Rountree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Red Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Renston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Summerfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Zebulon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wendell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fremont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pikeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nahunta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Saulston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Goldsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Raynor Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Elroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Mar-Mac Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Genoa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Contentnea Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Contentnea Junction.
Cemeteries Near Contentnea Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Contentnea Junction.
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 Contentnea Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Contentnea Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eli P. Haynes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Toisnot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pikesville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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]<3> 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 <2>
- Bailey Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan Godwin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
- The Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Woodard Cemetery
- Edgerton Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Varnell Family Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Contentnea Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Contentnea Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Contentnea Junction, with the one closest to Contentnea Junction listed first.
- Black Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Wilson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lucama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stantonsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Fremont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Elm City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgersville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgersville
- Kenly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinkney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Pikeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Faro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Connor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Speights Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Contentnea Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Contentnea Junction.
Newspapers Published in Contentnea Junction ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Contentnea Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Contentnea Junction, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Contentnea Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Contentnea Junction:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Wake County
- Wayne 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Contentnea Junction) 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 Contentnea Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |