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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 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 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 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 have occurred.

Another variation: Fayeteville.

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 and 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.

Fayetteville is located in Cumberland County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties 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 Fayetteville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fayetteville:

  • Cumberland County     (The home county of Fayetteville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
    • Williams Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
      • Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Holly Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
      • Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
    • Highland Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Vander
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vander have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
      • Vander is located in Cumberland County
    • Bonnie Doone
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Doone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Doone
      • Bonnie Doone is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonnie Doone <2>
    • North Point Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Point Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
      • North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Shaw
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Judson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastover
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ardulusa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cumberland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hope Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Timberlake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
      • Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
  • Bladen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
    • Jerome
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jerome. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
      • Jerome is located in Bladen County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jerome
      • From Fayetteville to Jerome
    • Tar Heel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • White Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Ruskin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dublin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
      • Dublin is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • Yorick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harnett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
    • Twin Lakes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
      • Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
    • Overhills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Overhills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
      • Overhills is located in Harnett County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Overhills
      • From Fayetteville to Overhills
    • Anderson Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anderson Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
      • Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
    • Walkertown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkertown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
      • Walkertown is located in Harnett County
    • Fonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
      • Fonville is located in Harnett County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fonville
      • From Fayetteville to Fonville
    • Bunnlevel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Flat Branch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Averasboro ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Spout Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Harnett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harnett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnett
      • Harnett is located in Harnett County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Harnett
      • From Fayetteville to Harnett
    • Norrington Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Johnsonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
      • Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
    • Barbecue
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hoke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
    • Rockfish
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockfish have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
      • Rockfish is located in Hoke County
    • Dundarrach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundarrach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
      • Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
    • Gold Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Raeford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raeford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raeford
      • Raeford is located in Hoke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raeford <2>
    • Silver City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Hoke County
    • Timberland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
      • Timberland is located in Hoke County
    • Bowmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
      • Bowmore is located in Hoke County
    • Ashley Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashley Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
      • Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
    • Five Points
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
      • Five Points is located in Hoke County
  • Johnston County
  • Lee County
  • Moore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
    • Vass
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cameron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Cameron is located in Moore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <2>
  • Robeson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
    • Parkton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkton
      • Parkton is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkton <2>
    • Lumber Bridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumber Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
      • Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
    • Rex
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Pauls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Rennert
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rennert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
      • Rennert is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
    • Shannon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Red Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
      • Red Springs is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Springs <2>
    • Saddletree
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Barker Ten Mile
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barker Ten Mile have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
      • Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
    • Philadelphus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Prospect
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
      • Prospect is located in Robeson County
    • Lowe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
      • Lowe is located in Robeson County
  • Sampson County
  • Scotland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
    • Crump Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crump Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
      • Crump Town is located in Scotland County
    • Wagram
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wagram have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagram
      • Wagram is located in Scotland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wagram <2>
    • New Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
      • New Town is located in Scotland County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fayetteville, see our County-by-County Page for Fayetteville.

Cemeteries Near Fayetteville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fayetteville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fayetteville had a population of 4,222 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fayetteville had a population of 211,705 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.

  • Vander
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vander have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
    • Vander is located in Cumberland County
  • Cumberland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grays Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Creek
    • Grays Creek is located in Cumberland County
  • Roslin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roslin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
    • Roslin is located in Cumberland County
  • Cedar Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County
  • Stedman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Wade
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Manchester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Carlos
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlos
    • Carlos is located in Cumberland County
  • Autryville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Clement
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clement have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
    • Clement is located in Sampson County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lumber Bridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumber Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
      • Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
    • Godwin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jerome
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jerome. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
      • Jerome is located in Bladen County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jerome
      • From Fayetteville to Jerome

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fayetteville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fayetteville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of 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 Fayetteville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fayetteville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fayetteville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fayetteville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> of Fayetteville.

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 helpful 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 Fayetteville:

The official website for Fayetteville: www.cityoffayetteville.org/

The official website for Cumberland County: www.co.cumberland.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fayetteville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fayetteville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0528, Longitude: -78.8782    
<6>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 Fayetteville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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