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 Creeksville (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 Creeksville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Creeksville is located in Northampton 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 Northampton County: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Warren, Brunswick (VA), Greensville (VA) & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Creeksville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Creeksville:
- Northampton County (The home county of Creeksville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Lasker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Conway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pendleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Rich Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Margarettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Eagletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Severn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Seaboard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Roxobel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Aulander
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Hexlena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Powellsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Askewville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Drew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Lawrence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Gethsemane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Speed
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Whitakers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Eure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roduco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Reynoldson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Gates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Tillery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Weldon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Scotland Neck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Roanoke Rapids
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Braswells Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Palmyra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- South Rosemary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Enfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roseneath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Menola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Murfreesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Poor Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Como
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Earleys
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Ahoskie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Winton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Cofield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tunis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Harrellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Martin County
- Oak City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nash County
- Taylor Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Brunswick County (VA)
- Ante
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Emporia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- White City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Claresville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Radium
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Branchville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Little Texas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Boykins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Koskoo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Statesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Newsoms
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Sunbeam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Adams Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Riverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Capron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Capron is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Drewryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Handsom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Suffolk City (VA)
- Pittmantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Grizzard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Creeksville, see our County-by-County Page for Creeksville.
Cemeteries Near Creeksville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Creeksville.
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 Creeksville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Creeksville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Vann Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Phillips Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rea Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barden Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Gilbert Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Norfleet Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roxobel - Kelford Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Britt - Benthall Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beechwood 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Creeksville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Creeksville, with the one closest to Creeksville listed first.
- Lasker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Milwaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Rehoboth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Conway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pendleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Rich Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Margarettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Eagletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Menola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Severn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Seaboard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Murfreesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Creeksville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Creeksville.
Newspapers Published in Creeksville ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Creeksville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Creeksville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Creeksville.
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 Creeksville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Northampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Gates County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Sussex 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Creeksville) 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 Creeksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |