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 Falcon (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 Falcon. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Falcon is primarily located in Cumberland County. A portion of Falcon extends into Sampson 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 Falcon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Falcon:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Falcon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Godwin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wade
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Linden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eastover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eastover is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
- Stedman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Holly Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Judson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- North Point Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
- Fayetteville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
- Shaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Shaw has also been known as:
- Shaw Heights
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Jerome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Ammon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Faison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calypso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Baltic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baltic is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Dunn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grove Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Erwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Westhaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Fonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Bunnlevel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Turlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Walkertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Harnett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harnett is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnett
- Senter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Senter is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senter
- Hoke County
- Rockfish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- McKoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Benson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peacocks Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Allens Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Harper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Four Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bentonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Willow Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Smithfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Smithfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Broadway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swann is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
- Carolina Trace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
- Edgewater Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
- Moore County
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Robeson County
- Parkton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Plain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Spiveys Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Rebel City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Huntley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Autryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Beaman Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Blackmans Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Vann Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Reynolds Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Salemburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kitty Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Kennebec
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kennebec is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Fuquay - Varina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wilbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wilbon is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon
- Macks Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Macks Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
- Wayne County
- Grantham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Falcon, see our County-by-County Page for Falcon.
Cemeteries Near Falcon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Falcon.
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 Falcon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Falcon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Naylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Colliers Chapel Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Averasboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hawley Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Westminister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Autry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee's Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Chapel Cemetery
- The Lee's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lee's Chapel Church Cemetery
- Williford Cemetery
- Williford Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2419727 <2>
- Maxwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Hardy Draughton Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Falcon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Falcon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Falcon, with the one closest to Falcon listed first.
- Godwin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mingo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mingo is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Wade
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Clement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clement is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Carlos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carlos is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlos
- Dunn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Timothy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Timothy is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- McKoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Bunnlevel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Huntley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Turlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Stedman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Autryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Falcon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Falcon.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Falcon ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Falcon.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Falcon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Falcon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Falcon.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Falcon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Falcon:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Duplin County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Johnston County
- Lee County
- Moore County
- Robeson County
- Sampson 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> | 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 Falcon, 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 from Point A (ie- Falcon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |