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 East Fayetteville (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 East Fayetteville. 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 East Fayetteville ...
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 East Fayetteville: E. Fayetteville
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Fayetteville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Fayetteville.
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.
East Fayetteville is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bladen, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Robeson & Sampson.
Below are the counties that are near East Fayetteville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Fayetteville:
- Cumberland County (The home county of East Fayetteville)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Williams Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
- Fayetteville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vander
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Holly Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Highland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Judson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Eastover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eastover is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
- Kingsford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kingsford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
- Bonnie Doone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Point Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
- Ardulusa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ardulusa is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardulusa
- Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Jerome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Tar Heel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- White Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Ruskin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- Dublin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Yorick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Twin Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Overhills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Anderson Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
- Walkertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Fonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Bunnlevel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Flat Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Spout Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Harnett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harnett is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnett
- Erwin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Hoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Rockfish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Dundarrach
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Gold Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Raeford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Silver City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Timberland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Bowmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Five Points
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Ashley Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- McKoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Benson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peacocks Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Swann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swann is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
- Carolina Trace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
- Broadway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lemon Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Springs
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Vass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Parkton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Saint Pauls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Rennert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rennert is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rozier Siding is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozier Siding
- Shannon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Red Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saddletree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saddletree is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddletree
- Barker Ten Mile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
- Philadelphus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphus is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphus
- Lowe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lowe is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Autryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Rebel City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Huntley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Roseboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Salemburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plain View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Reynolds Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Spiveys Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Beaman Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- McDaniels
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McDaniels is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels
- Scotland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Crump Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Wagram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Fayetteville, see our County-by-County Page for East Fayetteville.
Cemeteries Near East Fayetteville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Fayetteville.
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 East Fayetteville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Fayetteville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Cross Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hair Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hair Cemetery
- The Hair Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hair - Massey Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2542392 <2>
- Holt Morgan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Northside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fayetteville Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McFayden Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blue Sand Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockfish Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- St. Andrews UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adcox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 East Fayetteville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Fayetteville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Fayetteville, with the one closest to East Fayetteville listed first.
- Fayetteville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vander
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Grays Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grays Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Creek
- Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Roslin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roslin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Stedman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Autryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Carlos
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carlos is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlos
- Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clement
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clement is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Jerome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Hayne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hayne is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Fayetteville. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Fayetteville.
Newspapers Published in East Fayetteville ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Fayetteville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Fayetteville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Fayetteville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 East Fayetteville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Johnston County
- Lee County
- Moore County
- Robeson County
- Sampson County
- Scotland 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 '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- East Fayetteville) 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 East Fayetteville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |