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 Deerfield (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 Deerfield. 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.
Deerfield is located in Pitt 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 Pitt County: Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Martin & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Deerfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deerfield:
- Pitt County (The home county of Deerfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Ayden
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Winterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Renston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Rountree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Red Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Summerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Coxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Bells Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Quinerly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Shelmerdine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Heritage Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Calico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Chocowinity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rosedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Washington Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- River Road
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Blounts Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Walla Watta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Fort Barnwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Vanceboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cove City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Ernul
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Lima
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Tuscarora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Clark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Spring Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hope is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Sharp Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Cobb Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Conetoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Macclesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetops
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Princeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Tarboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Hookerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Glenfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Snow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fieldsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Contentnea
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Speights Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Jason
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Perfection
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Wise Forks
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Sassers Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Shady Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Pollocks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Phillips Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Combs Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Trenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Jones Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Grifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tick Bite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Graingers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinfield Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loftins Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Fields
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Albrittons
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- La Grange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Parmele
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bear Grass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Gold Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Everetts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hassell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Eureka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Saulston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Walnut Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Elroy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Seven Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Saratoga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eastwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deerfield, see our County-by-County Page for Deerfield.
Cemeteries Near Deerfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deerfield.
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 Deerfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deerfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Artis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grifton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grifton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grifton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Grifton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2285292 <2>
- Live Oak FWB Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Quinerly Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brownhill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- William H. Edwards Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gleenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Taft Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (85 more) ...
- Old Simpson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eason Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Deerfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deerfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deerfield, with the one closest to Deerfield listed first.
- Ayden
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Redallia
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Redallia is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redallia
- Littlefield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Littlefield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Winterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Renston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Rountree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Grifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Mills ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Mills is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Mills
- Coxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Chicod
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chicod is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicod
- Ormondsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ormondsville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormondsville
- Hugo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hugo is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Calico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Black Jack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Black Jack is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deerfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deerfield.
Newspapers Published in Deerfield ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deerfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deerfield, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deerfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Deerfield:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Craven County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deerfield) 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 Deerfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |