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 Edwards Crossroads (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 Edwards Crossroads. 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 Edwards Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Edwards Crossroads: Edwards Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Edwards Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Edwards Crossroads may originally have been Edward's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Edwards Crossroads might be written as Edward Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Edwards Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Edwards Crossroads.
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 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.
Edwards Crossroads is located in Northampton 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 Northampton County: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Warren, Brunswick (VA), Greensville (VA) & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Edwards Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edwards Crossroads:
- Northampton County (The home county of Edwards Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Conway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lasker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pendleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Margarettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Severn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Seaboard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eagletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Garysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Roxobel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Aulander
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Hexlena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Powellsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Askewville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Drew
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Lawrence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Gethsemane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Whitakers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Eure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roduco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Reynoldson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Gates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Tillery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Weldon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Roanoke Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Scotland Neck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- South Rosemary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Braswells Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Enfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Murfreesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Menola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Barretts Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Como
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Earleys
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Poor Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Ahoskie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cofield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tuscarora Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Tunis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Martin County
- Oak City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brunswick County (VA)
- Ante
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Emporia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- White City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Claresville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Radium
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Branchville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Little Texas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Boykins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Koskoo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Statesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Newsoms
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Sunbeam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Adams Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Capron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Capron is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Drewryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Riverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Suffolk City (VA)
- Pittmantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Grizzard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Yale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edwards Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Edwards Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Edwards Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edwards Crossroads.
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 Edwards Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edwards Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Vann Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Phillips Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rea Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker - Murfee Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Barden Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Britt - Benthall Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (140 more) ...
- Beechwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Gilbert Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norfleet Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Edwards Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edwards Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edwards Crossroads, with the one closest to Edwards Crossroads listed first.
- Creeksville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Creeksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
- Lasker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Milwaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Conway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rehoboth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Margarettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Rich Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Severn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Seaboard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Menola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edwards Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edwards Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Edwards Crossroads ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edwards Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edwards Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edwards Crossroads.
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 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 Edwards Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Northampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Gates County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edwards Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Edwards Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |