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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 Days 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 Days 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 Days 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Days Crossroads: Days Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Days Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Days Crossroads may originally have been Day's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Days Crossroads might be written as Day Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Days Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Days Crossroads.
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 northeast 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 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.
Days Crossroads is located in Halifax 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 Halifax County: Bertie, Edgecombe, Franklin, Martin, Nash, Northampton & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Days Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Days Crossroads:
- Halifax County (The home county of Days Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- South Weldon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roanoke Rapids
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- South Rosemary
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Allen Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Heathsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Tillery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brinkleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Airlie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Littleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Roxobel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Whitakers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gethsemane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Battleboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawrence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Leggett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- 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
- Franklin County
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Menola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Murfreesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Taylor Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Hickory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aventon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Gold Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hilliardston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Drake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Dortches
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Red Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Taylors Store
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- North Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Dukes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Garysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gaston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seaboard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henrico
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lasker
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Margarettsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Rich Square
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Conway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Potecasi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Woodland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eagletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Arcola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Vaughan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Church Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Macon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Warrenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Warren Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Lickskillet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Snow Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Wise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Gasburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ante
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Ankum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Powellton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Gholsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Totaro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ezell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Edgerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Callaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Brodnax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Emporia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Skippers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Claresville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Radium
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- 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 Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Little Texas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Koskoo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Branchville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Adams Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Boykins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drewryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Grizzard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Days Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Days Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Days Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Days 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 Days Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Days Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crestview Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedarwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Roanoke Rapids.
- The Cedarwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47078 <3>
- Moody Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Floyd Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Willey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Squire Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Massey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hales Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bryant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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>
While we didn't find Days Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Days Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Days Crossroads, with the one closest to Days Crossroads listed first.
- Weldon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ruggles is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Aurelian Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aurelian Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurelian Springs
- Gumberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Heathsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tillery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barley is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barley
- Seaboard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Airlie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Brinkleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Enfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Days Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Days Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Days 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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Days Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Days Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Days Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Days Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Halifax County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Hertford County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Warren County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Southampton County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Days Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Days Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |