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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 Evansdale (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 Evansdale. 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 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.
Evansdale is located in Wilson 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 Wilson County: Edgecombe, Greene, Johnston, Nash, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Evansdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evansdale:
- Wilson County (The home county of Evansdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Eastwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Black Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Stantonsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Wilson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lucama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Scotts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Elm City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sims
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Macclesfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Mercer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Sharp Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Pinetops
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Rocky Mount
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hartsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Henrietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Hartsease
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Princeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Summerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Sutton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Contentnea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Maury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Glenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Hookerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Kenly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Beulahtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Rains Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Micro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Stancils Chapel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Level
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Wilson's Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Archer Lodge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Smithfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- La Grange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fields
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Graingers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Cliftonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Winstead Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- High Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Strickland Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Joyners Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Bailey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashburk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Easonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Langley Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Sandy Cross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Stanhope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Floods Chapel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Fountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Farmville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Falkland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Rountree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Red Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Renston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Summerfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Ripple City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Winterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bells Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Zebulon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wendell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fremont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Nahunta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Berkeley Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Goldsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Mar-Mac Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Raynor Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Genoa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Walnut Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Mar-Mac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evansdale, see our County-by-County Page for Evansdale.
Cemeteries Near Evansdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evansdale.
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 Evansdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evansdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Toisnot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eureka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eli P. Haynes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east of Wilson.
- The Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Womble Cemetery
- Womble Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2337787 <2>
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pikesville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edmondson Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- Varnell Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Free Union Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Evansdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evansdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evansdale, with the one closest to Evansdale listed first.
- Black Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Stantonsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Lucama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fremont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgersville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgersville
- Faro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Speights Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Elm City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fieldsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pikeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Lewis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Lewis is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lewis
- Contentnea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evansdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evansdale.
Newspapers Published in Evansdale ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evansdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evansdale, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evansdale.
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 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 Evansdale:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Wake County
- Wayne 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- Evansdale) 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 Evansdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |