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 Delwood (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 Delwood. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Delwood is located in Johnston 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 Johnston County: Harnett, Nash, Sampson, Wake, Wayne & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Delwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delwood:
- Johnston County (The home county of Delwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Princeton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rains Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Pine Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Micro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Redwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Kenly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Bentonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Smithfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Smithfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Wilson's Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Calypso
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Faison
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beautancus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Blizzards Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Drummersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Hills Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Bowdens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bowdens is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdens
- Friendship
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Herrings Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Summerlins Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Everton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Everton is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Gradys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Jason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Contentnea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Speights Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Snow Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Glenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Grove Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lakeside Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Westhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Dunn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Turlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Barclaysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Erwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- La Grange
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Bailey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Middlesex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- High Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Murraytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Union Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Samaria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Cliftonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Floods Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Frazier Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Rocky Cross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Stanhope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Newton Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Vann Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Keener
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Spiveys Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Plain View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Beaman Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Kitty Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Reynolds Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Shotwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Wendell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eagle Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Emerald Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Knightdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Garner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Raynor Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Nahunta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Pikeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Mar-Mac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Grantham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Genoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Fremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brogden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Berkeley Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Saulston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Dudley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Lucama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Scotts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Sims
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stantonsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Wilson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Saratoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delwood, see our County-by-County Page for Delwood.
Cemeteries Near Delwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delwood.
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 Delwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hephzibah Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Overby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holloman Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloman Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holloman Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Pine Level.
- The Holloman Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- George B. Holloman Family Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hinnant Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnant Family Cemetery
- The Hinnant Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Needham B. Hinnant Family Cemetery
- Edgerton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crocker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sanders Chapel UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peedin Family Burial Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peedin Family Burial Ground
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peedin Family Burial Ground is located outside and to the west of Selma.
- The Peedin Family Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Peedin Family Cemetery
- Wiley Peedin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2526792 <3>
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Selma Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Selma Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Selma Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Selma.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48713 <3>
- Walls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Delwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Delwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delwood, with the one closest to Delwood listed first.
- Princeton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Micro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pinkney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Bagley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Selma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kenly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bentonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleaf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Pikeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Smithfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson's Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delwood.
Newspapers Published in Delwood ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delwood, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delwood.
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 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 Delwood:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Johnston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Harnett County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Sampson County
- Wake 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Delwood) 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 Delwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |