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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 Grissettown (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 Grissettown. 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 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.

Grissettown is located in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County: Columbus, New Hanover, Pender & Horry (SC).

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

  • Brunswick County     (The home county of Grissettown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grissettown, with the one closest to Grissettown listed first.
    • Longwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Longwood is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Sunset Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ocean Isle Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Calabash
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Carolina Shores
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
    • Shallotte
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ash
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Ash is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
    • Holden Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sivey Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
    • Exum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Exum is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
    • Supply
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Makatoka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
  • Columbus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grissettown, with the one closest to Grissettown listed first.
    • Pireway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pireway is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
    • Bug Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
    • Pine Level
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Level is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
    • Bethel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bethel is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Nakina
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Nakina is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
    • Ironhill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
    • Cribb Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
    • Lake Waccamaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Redbug
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Redbug is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
    • Tabor City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bolton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Brunswick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Horry County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grissettown, with the one closest to Grissettown listed first.
    • Little River
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Creek Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Creek Village is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Village
    • Cherry Grove Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • North Myrtle Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Little Town is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
    • Longs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Atlantic Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Atlantic Beach is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
    • Briarcliffe Acres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Briarcliffe Acres is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliffe Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
    • Hand
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Hand is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
    • Arcadian Shores
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Daisy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Loris
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Loris is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loris <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Grissettown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grissettown.

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 Grissettown - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grissettown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grissettown, with the one closest to Grissettown listed first.

  • Mintz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Calabash.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317481 <3>
  • Parker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Brunswick Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Register Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Davis Register Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ward Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • McKeithan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Manley Bennett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (144 more) ...
    • Azor James Smith Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Gurganus Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Stanley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Grissettown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grissettown.

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

  • Iredell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Iredell is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iredell
  • Calabash
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shallotte
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Little River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ash
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Ash is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
  • Pireway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pireway is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
  • Exum
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Exum is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
  • Bug Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
  • Supply
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Makatoka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
  • Wampee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wampee is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampee
  • Dothan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dothan is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Old Dock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Old Dock is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
    • Hand
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Hand is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
    • Mollie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mollie is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie

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

Newspapers Published in Grissettown ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grissettown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grissettown, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grissettown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Grissettown:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grissettown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Grissettown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.