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 Floods Chapel (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 Floods Chapel. 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 Floods Chapel ...
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.
While the name of this community is Floods Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Floods Chapel may originally have been Flood's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Floods Chapel might be written as Flood Chapel.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Floods Chapel is located in Nash 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 Nash County: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Floods Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Floods Chapel:
- Nash County (The home county of Floods Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Stanhope
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Frazier Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Lamm Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lamm Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Strickland Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Spring Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Spring Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Spring Hope
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Spring Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- White Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Bailey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- High Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Mercer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Battleboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Macclesfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartsease
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Pinetops
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whitakers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Gethsemane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Sutton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- White Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Louisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Youngsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Franklinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wake Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Speights Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- White Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Hollister
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Kenly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Archer Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Micro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Rains Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Redwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Wilson's Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Pine Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Pitt County
- Fountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Bobbitt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Zebulon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wendell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Rolesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shotwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Knightdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forestville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Neuse Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Wyatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Neuse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Lickskillet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Arcola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Fremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nahunta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Eureka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Pikeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Sims
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Elm City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Scotts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Wilson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lucama
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eastwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Black Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Floods Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Floods Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Floods Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Floods Chapel.
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 Floods Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Floods Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Meeks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eli P. Haynes Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jack Bailey Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Enroughty Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<5>
While we didn't find Floods Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Floods Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Floods Chapel, with the one closest to Floods Chapel listed first.
- Stanhope
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Spring Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Connor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Hunts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Sutton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Nashville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Earpsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Justice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Elm City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sharpsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dukes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Castalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Floods Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Floods Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Floods Chapel ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Floods Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Floods Chapel, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Floods Chapel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Floods Chapel:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Nash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Pitt County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Floods Chapel) 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 Floods Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |