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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 Duck Creek (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 Duck Creek. 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 Duck Creek ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Duck Creek: Duck Crk. (or less commonly used: Duck Ck. or Duck Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Duck Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Duck Creek.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Duck Creek 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 Duck Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Duck Creek:

  • Onslow County     (The home county of Duck Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duck Creek, with the one closest to Duck Creek listed first.
    • Peru
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Peru is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Bear Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sneads Ferry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Piney Green
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Piney Green is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Green
    • Watkins Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Watkins Village is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Village
    • Hubert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Midway Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Swansboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • North Topsail Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Aragona Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
    • Jacksonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Folkstone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Folkstone is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folkstone
    • Acorn Forest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 Duck Creek, with the one closest to Duck Creek listed first.
    • Cedar Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cape Carteret
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Peletier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Peletier is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
    • Stella
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Emerald Isle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bogue
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bogue is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
    • Kuhns
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Kuhns is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
    • Broad Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Broad Creek is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
    • Indian Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Salter Path
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Holly Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Conner Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Conner Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
    • Newport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duck Creek, with the one closest to Duck Creek listed first.
    • Havelock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Havelock is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
    • Hancock Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hancock Village is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
    • Manteo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Manteo is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Slocum Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Slocum Village is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
  • Duplin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duck Creek, with the one closest to Duck Creek listed first.
    • Cypress Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cypress Creek is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
    • Fountain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Fountain is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
    • Pin Hook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pin Hook is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
    • Cedar Fork
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duck Creek, with the one closest to Duck Creek listed first.
    • Maysville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Chadwick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Chadwick is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
    • Ravenswood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Ravenswood is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
    • Olivers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Olivers is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
    • Pollocksville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Olivers Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
    • Oak Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Oak Grove is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pender County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Duck Creek, with the one closest to Duck Creek listed first.
    • Maple Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Maple Hill is located in Pender County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
    • Topsail Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Landing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kings Landing is located in Pender County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
    • Topsail
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Topsail is located in Pender County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsail
    • Hampstead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brown Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Brown Town is located in Pender County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Duck Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Duck Creek.

Cemeteries Near Duck Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Duck Creek.

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 Duck Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Duck Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Duck Creek, with the one closest to Duck Creek listed first.

  • Oak Grove UMC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Montford Point Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jacksonville City Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Onslow Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Maides Family Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Cannady Memorial Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Newport.
    • The Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Quinn - Gould Families Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2435342 <3>
  • Adron Hill Whaley Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • John E. Steed Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Koonce Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Duck Creek had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Duck Creek, with the one closest to Duck Creek listed first.

  • Marines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Marines is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marines
  • Sneads Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hubert
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Swansboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jacksonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Stella
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bogue
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bogue is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
  • Holly Ridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tar Landing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tar Landing is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Landing
  • Cyrus
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Cyrus is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrus
  • Maysville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Angola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Angola is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
    • Gum Branch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
    • Catherine Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Duck Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Duck Creek.

Newspapers Published in Duck Creek ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Duck Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Duck Creek, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Duck Creek.

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 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 Duck Creek:

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 from Point A (ie- Duck Creek) 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 Duck Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.