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 Costin (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 Costin. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Costin is located in Pender 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 Pender County: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow & Sampson.
Below are the counties that are near Costin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Costin:
- Pender County (The home county of Costin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Atkinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Watha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Watha is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Currie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Burgaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willard is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Murray Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Murray Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Town
- Saint Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Helena is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Ashton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Rocky Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Brown Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Hampstead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Topsail
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Topsail is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsail
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Long View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Long View is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Kelly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- East Arcadia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Arcadia is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- White Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Council
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Council is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Rosindale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Mount Olive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Northwest
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Northwest is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Phoenix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Phoenix is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
- Sandy Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Malmo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Malmo is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- Navassa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Navassa is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navassa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,534 people
- Belville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Belville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,135 people
- Leland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Town Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Winnabow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Columbus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Acme
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Acme is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Riegelwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Armour
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Armour is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
- Sandyfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sandyfield is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Delco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Byrdville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Byrdville is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrdville
- Bolton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Waccamaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Safe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Safe is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
- Harrells
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harrells is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Tin City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tin City is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin City
- Wallace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Teachey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Teachey is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teachey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Duff Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Duff Creek is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff Creek
- Brices Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brices Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Crossroads
- Cartersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cartersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Rose Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hancheys Store
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hancheys Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancheys Store
- Murphey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murphey is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphey
- Charity
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Charity is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- New Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Castle Hayne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Skippers Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Skippers Corner is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers Corner
- Wrightsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightsboro is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
- Hightsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hightsville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightsville
- Murraysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Murraysville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraysville
- Kings Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Grant is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Smith Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Creek is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
- Kirkland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkland is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Ogden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bayshore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bayshore is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore
- Windemere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windemere is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Wilmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seagate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seagate is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagate
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Kerr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Tomahawk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Delway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delway is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delway
- Garland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ingold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ingold is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingold
- Elliott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Turkey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beulah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- McDaniels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McDaniels is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels
- Moltonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Costin, see our County-by-County Page for Costin.
Cemeteries Near Costin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Costin.
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 Costin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Costin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Marshburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gurganus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodcock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chadwick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Herring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Page Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lamb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Malpass Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- Croom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hawes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Costin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Costin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Costin, with the one closest to Costin listed first.
- Atkinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Point Caswell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Point Caswell is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Caswell
- Currie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ivanhoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Montague
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Montague is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
- Burgaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Long Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Creek is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Safe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Safe is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
- Kerr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Colly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colly
- Wallace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Teachey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Teachey is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teachey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Kelly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Rocky Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Costin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Costin.
Newspapers Published in Costin ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Costin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Costin, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Costin.
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 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 Costin:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pender County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Brunswick County
- Columbus County
- Duplin County
- New Hanover County
- Sampson 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> | 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 Costin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Costin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |