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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 Crutchfield Crossroads (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 Crutchfield Crossroads. 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 Crutchfield Crossroads ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Crutchfield Crossroads: Crutchfield Xrds.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Crutchfield Crossroads is located in Chatham 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 Chatham County: Alamance, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Randolph & Wake.
Below are the counties that are near Crutchfield Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crutchfield Crossroads:
- Chatham County (The home county of Crutchfield Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Siler City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bonlee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bear Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Pittsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Goldston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bynum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bennett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Gulf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Carbonton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Farmville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moncure
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Snow Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Sutphin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Mandale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Eli Whitney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Rock Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saxapahaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Pickwood Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
- Alamance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Bellemont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bellemont is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Broad Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Broad Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Acres
- Melville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Parkwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- The American Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Julian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Climax
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Whitsett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gibsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Garden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sedalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Southmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Greensboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman Crossroad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Freeman Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Cumnock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cumnock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
- Glenwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Green Valley Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Colon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Osgood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Sanford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Western Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Western Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Tramway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tramway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Jonesboro Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
- San-Lee Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
- Parkwood Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
- Quail Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Quail Ridge is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Montgomery County
- Asbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Jugtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Parkwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Parkwood is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Robbins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Teer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Orange Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orange Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Dodsons Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Rangewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rangewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
- Laurel Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Springs
- Dogwood Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
- Calvander
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calvander is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
- Carrboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Spring Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Chapel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eubanks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eubanks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Staley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Melanchton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Ramseur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coleridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Franklinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Redcross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Cedar Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Millboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Central Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Worthville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Randleman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Asheboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wake County
- New Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crutchfield Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Crutchfield Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Crutchfield Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crutchfield Crossroads.
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 Crutchfield Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crutchfield Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Bethlehem Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chatham Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Shady Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chatham Friends Meeting Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Holly Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kildee Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (91 more) ...
- Emmaus Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Amose Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Crutchfield Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crutchfield Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crutchfield Crossroads, with the one closest to Crutchfield Crossroads listed first.
- Silk Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
- Snow Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Siler City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Staley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sutphin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kimesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Saxapahaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Ramseur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Julian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grays Chapel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Franklinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Coleridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crutchfield Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crutchfield Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Crutchfield Crossroads ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crutchfield Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crutchfield Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crutchfield Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Crutchfield Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Chatham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Durham County
- Guilford County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Orange County
- Randolph County
- Wake 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> | 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 Crutchfield Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Crutchfield Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |