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 Hairtown (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 Hairtown. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Hairtown is located in Harnett 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 Harnett County: Chatham, Cumberland, Johnston, Lee, Sampson & Wake.
Below are the counties that are near Hairtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hairtown:
- Harnett County (The home county of Hairtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Anderson Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Barbecue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barbecue is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbecue
- Overhills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Spout Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Flat Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Norrington Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Pineview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pineview is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Olivia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boone Trail
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Boone Trail is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Trail
- Murchisontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Murchisontown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisontown
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Corinth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Brickhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Haywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Moncure
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Farmville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gulf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Carbonton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Goldston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Spring Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fort Bragg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Point Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
- Shaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shaw is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Shaw has also been known as:
- Shaw Heights
- Bonnie Doone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Linden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Kingsford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
- Fayetteville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Wade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Rockfish
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Silver City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Raeford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundarrach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Ashley Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Timberland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Gold Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Five Points
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Bowmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Benson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McKoy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Allens Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Peacocks Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Swann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swann is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
- Broadway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carolina Trace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
- Edgewater Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
- Lemon Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Springs
- Saint Andrews
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Jonesboro Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
- Parkwood Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Parkwood Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
- Quail Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Ridge is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- San-Lee Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
- Sanford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tramway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tramway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Cameron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Vass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Whispering Pines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carthage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Southern Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Taylortown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Taylortown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Pinebluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Parkton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lumber Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Rex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Shannon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Plain View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Autryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Spiveys Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Rebel City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Huntley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Kennebec
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kennebec is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
- Hollemans Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
- Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
- Collins
- Enno
- Wilbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wilbon is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon
- Fuquay - Varina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Holly Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Macks Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Macks Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hairtown, see our County-by-County Page for Hairtown.
Cemeteries Near Hairtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hairtown.
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 Hairtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hairtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Armstrong Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Black Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McArtan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Darroch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norrington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrington Cemetery
- The Norrington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Norrington AME Zion Church Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ephesus Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (158 more) ...
- Morris Chapel UMC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Andrews UMC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bunlevel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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 Hairtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hairtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hairtown, with the one closest to Hairtown listed first.
- Spout Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Bunnlevel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Lillington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carlos
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carlos is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlos
- Cameron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fayetteville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Godwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Cumberland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Turlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Vander
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Hope Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hairtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hairtown.
Newspapers Published in Hairtown ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hairtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hairtown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hairtown.
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 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 Hairtown:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Harnett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Cumberland County
- Hoke County
- Johnston County
- Lee County
- Moore County
- Robeson County
- Sampson County
- Wake 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hairtown) 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 Hairtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |