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 (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. 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 and hospitals 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.
Fountain is located in Pitt 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 Pitt County: Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Martin & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Fountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fountain:
- Pitt County (The home county of Fountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Farmville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Falkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Red Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- House
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Renston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Summerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Ripple City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Rountree
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Winterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Beaufort County
- Rosedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Cobb Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Macclesfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetops
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Henrietta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Conetoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Princeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Hartsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Summerfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Tarboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Speights Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Maury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Contentnea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hookerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Glenfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Hobgood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Roseneath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Kenly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beulahtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Rains Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Grifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Graingers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Tick Bite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- La Grange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fields
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Kinston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kinfield Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Parmele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Hassell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Oak City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Grass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Everetts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hamilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Cliftonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Ashburk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Joyners Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Winstead Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Easonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Langley Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Halifax Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- North Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Sandy Cross
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Strickland Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Snells Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snells Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells Crossroads
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Eureka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Pikeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nahunta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Berkeley Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Elroy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Goldsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Saratoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Elm City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Black Creek
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Spring Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lucama
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Scotts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Sims
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fountain, see our County-by-County Page for Fountain.
Cemeteries Near Fountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fountain.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Varnell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pineview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Free Union Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eason Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maury Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maury Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Maury.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386125 <2>
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Toisnot Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brownhill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Henry W. Martin Cemetery
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 Fountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fountain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fountain, with the one closest to Fountain listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Farmville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Marlboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marlboro is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
- Falkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Saint Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Lewis is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lewis
- Bridgersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgersville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgersville
- Saratoga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Speights Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Castoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Castoria is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castoria
- Hollands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Old Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Sparta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sparta
- Stantonsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lizzie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lizzie is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Contentnea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Conetoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fountain.
Newspapers Published in Fountain ...
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 Fountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fountain, 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 Fountain.
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 Fountain:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Wayne 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> | 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) 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 Fountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |