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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 Gradys Crossroads (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 Gradys Crossroads. 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 Gradys Crossroads ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Gradys Crossroads: Gradys Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Gradys Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Gradys Crossroads may originally have been Grady's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Gradys Crossroads might be written as Grady Crossroads.

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 hospitals 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.

Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County.

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 Duplin County: Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pender, Sampson & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Gradys Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gradys Crossroads:

  • Duplin County     (The home county of Gradys Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads listed first.
    • Drummersville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Albertson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Outlaws Bridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Herrings Crossroads
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
    • Blizzards Crossroads
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blizzards Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
      • Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
    • Kornegay
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Resaca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotts Store
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hills Crossroads
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Leon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Duplin County
  • Craven County
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads listed first.
    • Jason
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Glenfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Snow Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hookerton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hookerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookerton
      • Hookerton is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hookerton <4>
    • Maury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Speights Bridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Johnston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads listed first.
    • Princeton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Johnston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,425 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <4>
    • Bentonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Harper
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
      • Harper is located in Johnston County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Harper
      • From Gradys Crossroads to Harper
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads listed first.
    • Pleasant Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hargetts Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Taylors Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Combs Fork
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Combs Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
      • Combs Fork is located in Jones County
    • Shady Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Wise Forks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Comfort
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Phillips Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sassers Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Pollocks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Trenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Olivers Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olivers Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
      • Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
  • Lenoir County
  • Onslow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads listed first.
    • Richlands
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
      • Richlands is located in Onslow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richlands <4>
    • Catherine Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mill Pond Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Pond Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
      • Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
    • Half Moon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Half Moon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
      • Half Moon is located in Onslow County
  • Pitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads listed first.
    • Quinerly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rountree
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sampson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads listed first.
    • Turkey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
      • Turkey is located in Sampson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 292 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turkey <4>
    • Elliott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elliott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Elliott is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elliott
      • From Gradys Crossroads to Elliott
    • Moltonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Keener
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keener. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
      • Keener is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keener
      • From Gradys Crossroads to Keener
    • Clinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads listed first.
    • Seven Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Walnut Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
      • Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
    • Dudley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Dudley is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dudley <4>
    • Elroy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elroy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
      • Elroy is located in Wayne County
    • Mount Olive
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Brogden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brogden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
      • Brogden is located in Wayne County
    • Berkeley Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berkeley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
      • Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
    • Mar-Mac Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mar-Mac Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
      • Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
    • Mar-Mac
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mar-Mac have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
      • Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
    • Goldsboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Saulston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Grantham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Gradys Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gradys Crossroads.

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 Gradys Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gradys Crossroads, with the one closest to Gradys Crossroads 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.<7>

While we didn't find Gradys Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gradys Crossroads.

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

  • Outlaws Bridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Albertson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Strabane
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strabane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
    • Strabane is located in Lenoir County
  • Seven Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Resaca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Deep Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Leon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Leon is located in Duplin County
  • Falling Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
    • Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
  • Fields
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fields. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
    • Fields is located in Lenoir County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Fields
    • From Gradys Crossroads to Fields
  • La Grange
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Grange have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
    • La Grange is located in Lenoir County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Grange <4>
  • Sarecta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sarecta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarecta
    • Sarecta is located in Duplin County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sarecta
    • From Gradys Crossroads to Sarecta
  • Best
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Best have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
    • Best is located in Wayne County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Elroy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elroy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
      • Elroy is located in Wayne County
    • Dudley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Dudley is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dudley <4>
    • Mount Olive
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Gradys Crossroads ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gradys Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gradys Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gradys Crossroads.

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 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 Gradys Crossroads:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gradys Crossroads. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Duplin County: www.duplincounty.org/

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Gradys Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gradys Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1539, Longitude: -77.8115       In this case, the coordinates for Gradys Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Gradys Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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