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 Dixon (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 Dixon. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Dixon is located in Onslow 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 Onslow County: Carteret, Duplin, Jones & Pender.
Below are the counties that are near Dixon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dixon:
- Onslow County (The home county of Dixon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Folkstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Folkstone is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folkstone
- Sneads Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peru
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- North Topsail Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean City Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ocean City Beach is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City Beach
- Watkins Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Village
- Surf City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Midway Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Green is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Green
- Acorn Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Stella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kuhns
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Peletier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peletier is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Cape Carteret
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bogue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Emerald Isle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Cypress Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Creek is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Pin Hook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Hook is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Fountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Sholars Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sholars Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sholars Crossroads
- Cedar Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Maready
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Maready is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maready
- Sloan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sloan is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Lyman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyman is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Chinquapin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chinquapin is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
- Quinns Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quinns Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinns Store
- Catherine Square
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Catherine Square is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Square
- Hadley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Maysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chadwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Comfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Taylors Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Hargetts Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Ravenswood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- New Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Bayshore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayshore is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore
- Kirkland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkland is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Castle Hayne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murraysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murraysville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraysville
- Ogden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skippers Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Skippers Corner is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers Corner
- Pender County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Maple Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Kings Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Landing is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Topsail Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Topsail
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Topsail is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsail
- Hampstead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Murray Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Murray Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Town
- Burgaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rocky Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ashton is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Saint Helena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Helena is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Watha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Watha is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dixon, see our County-by-County Page for Dixon.
Cemeteries Near Dixon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dixon.
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 Dixon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dixon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Jacksonville City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Montford Point Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montford Point Cemetery
- The Montford Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Montford Point Federal Cemetery
- Montford Point National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169801 <2>
- Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Onslow Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove UMC Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Albert W. Lanier Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- John E. Steed Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Koonce Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sylvester Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Benjamin Bryan Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Bryan Cemetery
- The Benjamin Bryan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bryan Cemetery
- Ashe Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Adron Hill Whaley Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Abner Ervin Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hocutt Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 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 Dixon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dixon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
- Sneads Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marines is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marines
- Holly Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cyrus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cyrus is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrus
- Duck Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Duck Creek is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Jacksonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Angola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Angola is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
- Tar Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tar Landing is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Landing
- Maple Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Catherine Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Hubert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hampstead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gum Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Swansboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Richlands
(21 miles [33.8 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 Dixon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dixon.
Newspapers Published in Dixon ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dixon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dixon, 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 Dixon.
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 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 Dixon:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Onslow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carteret County
- Duplin County
- Jones County
- New Hanover County
- Pender 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- Dixon) 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 Dixon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |