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 Fountain 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 Fountain 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 Fountain 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fountain Fork: Fountain Frk.
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.
Fountain Fork is located in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County: Halifax, Martin, Nash, Pitt & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Fountain Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fountain Fork:
- Edgecombe County (The home county of Fountain Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Coakley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Speed
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Conetoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Hope Lodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Princeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Tarboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Summerfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Leggett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Henrietta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Hartsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Hartsease
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Rosedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Lewiston Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Kelford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Roxobel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Drew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Windsor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Aulander
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Askewville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Hexlena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Hobgood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Braswells Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Roseneath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Scotland Neck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tillery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hertford County
- Earleys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Hassell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Oak City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Parmele
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Gold Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Robersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Everetts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Bear Grass
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Williamston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jamesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- 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
- Taylor Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Ashburk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Drake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Gold Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Easonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Joyners Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Hickory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dortches
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Halifax Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Langley Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Westry
(29 miles [46.7 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 Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Rich Square
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eagletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Lasker
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Whitehurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Oakley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakley is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Congleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Congleton is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congleton
- Stokes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stokes is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Whichard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whichard is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whichard
- Falkland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- House
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ripple City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Pactolus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pactolus is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Fountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Saratoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fountain Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Fountain Fork.
Cemeteries Near Fountain Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fountain 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 Fountain Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fountain Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Harrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mizell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Griffin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fields Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Joyner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hyde Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manning Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- James Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (153 more) ...
- Eastlawn Memorial Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlawn Memorial Garden
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastlawn Memorial Garden is located outside and to the northeast of Tarboro.
- The Eastlawn Memorial Garden has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164807 <2>
- Dancy Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Community Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Fountain Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fountain Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fountain Fork, with the one closest to Fountain Fork listed first.
- Coakley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Hassell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parmele
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Conoho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conoho is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conoho
- Mildred
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mildred is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Conetoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Robersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hobgood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tarboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Everetts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Leggett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fountain Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fountain Fork.
Newspapers Published in Fountain 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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fountain Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fountain Fork, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fountain Fork.
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 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 Fountain Fork:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Edgecombe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Bertie County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Pitt County
- Wilson 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 Fountain 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fountain Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |