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 Cozart (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 Cozart. 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.
Cozart is located in Granville 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 Granville County: Durham, Franklin, Person, Vance, Wake, Halifax (VA) & Mecklenburg (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Cozart. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cozart:
- Granville County (The home county of Cozart)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Butner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Hester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Stem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Wilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Tar River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Clay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Berea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Fairport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Stagecoach Trail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Buena Vista Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Mebane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Just Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Woodlawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Florence Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Hawfields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Leasburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Cary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Gorman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Bahama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Durham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rougemont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brassfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- The American Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Parkwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Morrisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Wake Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Franklinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Youngsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Katesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Louisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ingleside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Lake View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Bunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mapleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Fieldstream
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Pleasant Green Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brigadoon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brigadoon is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon
- Charter Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- Eno
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eno is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eno
- Caldwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- North Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- University
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- University is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Oak Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Piney Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Berryland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berryland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Oak Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Schley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Schley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Moriah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Mount Tirzah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Timberlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Hurdle Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Allensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Allens Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Whitt Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Roxboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Ceffo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Kittrell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bobbitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Dabney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Gill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Bear Pond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gillburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- South Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Henderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adcock Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Flat Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- New Light
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Stony Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Pickwick Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Forestville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Wyatt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Woodbury Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- Neuse Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Neuse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith Townes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Millbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Glenwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Brentwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Halifax County (VA)
- Virgilina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cozart, see our County-by-County Page for Cozart.
Cemeteries Near Cozart ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cozart.
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 Cozart - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cozart covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Coley Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Joseph Alexander Holloway Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peed Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Light Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson Parrish Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Community Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Latta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (125 more) ...
- Carrington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunagan Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cozart had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cozart, with the one closest to Cozart listed first.
- Knap of Reeds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Knap of Reeds is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knap of Reeds
- Fairntosh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairntosh is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairntosh
- Lyons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Hester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Stem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Bahama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Durham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grissom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grissom is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grissom
- Moriah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- New Light
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Tar River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Red Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mountain is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cozart. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cozart.
Newspapers Published in Cozart ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cozart.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cozart, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cozart.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cozart:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Granville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Halifax 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cozart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Cozart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |