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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 Griffins 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 Griffins 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 Griffins 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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Griffins Crossroads: Griffins Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Griffins Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Griffins Crossroads may originally have been Griffin's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Griffins Crossroads might be written as Griffin Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Griffins Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Griffins 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 and 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.
Griffins Crossroads is located in Chatham 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 Chatham County: Alamance, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Randolph & Wake.
Below are the counties that are near Griffins Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Griffins Crossroads:
- Chatham County (The home county of Griffins Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moncure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Haywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Brickhaven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Corinth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Farmville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Goldston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Bear Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bonlee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Mandale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Eli Whitney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Sutphin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Saxapahaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Camp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Melville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hawfields
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Swepsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Brook Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Cooper Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Florence Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Parkwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Morrisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Brassfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- The American Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gorman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Duncan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Cokesbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Seminole
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Seminole is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Rawls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Ryes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ryes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryes
- Chalybeate Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Boone Trail
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Boone Trail is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Trail
- Mamers
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mamers is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mamers
- Kipling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Angier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Luart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Luart is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luart
- Murchisontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Murchisontown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisontown
- Cape Fear
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Osgood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Colon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Cumnock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumnock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
- Green Valley Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- San-Lee Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
- Glenwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Wildwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Edgewater Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
- Sanford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Broadway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
- Western Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Western Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Carolina Trace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
- Moore County
- Cameron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Dogwood Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
- Chapel Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Davie Circle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Davie Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Rangewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rangewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
- Spring Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Tenney Circle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tenney Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney Circle
- Carrboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Bolus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Bolus is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bolus
- Ashley Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ashley Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Forest
- Calvander
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Calvander is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
- Lake Ellen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Ellen is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
- Laurel Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Laurel Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Springs
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Staley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Coleridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- New Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Apex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hollemans Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
- Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
- Collins
- Enno
- Indian Trail
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Holly Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dutchess Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Hazelwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Wilbon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilbon is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon
- Fuquay - Varina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Macks Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Macks Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
- McCullers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McCullers is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
- Meredith Townes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Method
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Griffins Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Griffins Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Griffins Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Griffins 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.
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 Griffins Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Griffins Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Haw River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer AME Zion Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Riggsbee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sparrows Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Emmaus Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McCauley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jones Chapel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tilley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Farmville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cheek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Partin Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- St. Paul AME Zion Church Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Griffins Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Griffins Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Griffins Crossroads, with the one closest to Griffins Crossroads listed first.
- Bynum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moncure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Merry Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Merry Oaks is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
- Haywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- New Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Apex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Morrisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Goldston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Nelson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Griffins Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Griffins Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Griffins 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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Griffins Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Griffins 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 Griffins Crossroads.
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 Griffins Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Chatham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Durham County
- Harnett County
- Lee County
- Moore County
- Orange County
- Randolph County
- Wake 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> | 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 Griffins Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Griffins Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |