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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 Fork (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 Fork. 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 Fork ...
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 Fork: Edwards Frk.
- While the name of this community is Edwards Fork, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Edwards Fork may originally have been Edward's Fork.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Edwards Fork might be written as Edward Fork.
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 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.
Edwards Fork is located in Halifax 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 Halifax County: Bertie, Edgecombe, Franklin, Martin, Nash, Northampton & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Edwards Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edwards Fork:
- Halifax County (The home county of Edwards Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Scotland Neck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Braswells Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Roseneath
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Hobgood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Tillery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Halifax
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Heathsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- South Weldon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ringwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Roxobel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Aulander
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Drew
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Hexlena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Askewville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Windsor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Powellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Speed
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Coakley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Leggett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Hope Lodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Gethsemane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Princeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Summerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Tarboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitakers
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hartsease
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Battleboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Menola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Earleys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Poor Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Ahoskie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Murfreesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Oak City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hassell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Gold Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Parmele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Everetts
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Williamston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Grass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Taylor Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Gold Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hickory
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Drake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- North Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Dortches
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Ashburk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Halifax Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Red Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Easonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Joyners Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Hilliardston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Westry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Rich Square
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Lasker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Woodland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Potecasi
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Conway
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Garysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Seaboard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pendleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Margarettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gaston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whitehurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Oakley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oakley is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Congleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Congleton is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congleton
- Stokes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stokes is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Falkland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Whichard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whichard is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whichard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edwards Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Edwards Fork.
Cemeteries Near Edwards Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edwards Fork.
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 Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edwards Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Staton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Charleston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scotland Neck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Joyner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leggett House Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mizell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dorsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mary Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Madry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (166 more) ...
- Manning Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hyman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Edwards Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edwards Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edwards Fork, with the one closest to Edwards Fork listed first.
- Scotland Neck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Norfleet
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Norfleet is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfleet
- Hobgood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Spring Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Roxobel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Conoho
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Conoho is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conoho
- Kelford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Tillery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Square
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leggett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coakley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Eagletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Hassell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edwards Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edwards Fork.
Newspapers Published in Edwards Fork ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edwards Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edwards Fork, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edwards Fork.
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 Edwards Fork:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Halifax County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Pitt 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> | 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 Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edwards Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |