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 Handley Acres (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 Handley Acres. 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 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.
Handley Acres is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Handley Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Handley Acres:
- Wayne County (The home county of Handley Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Berkeley Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Goldsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Saulston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Elroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Mar-Mac Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Brogden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Nahunta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Dudley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Drummersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Blizzards Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Gradys Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Calypso
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Beautancus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Herrings Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Hills Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Scotts Store
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Albertson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Pleasant Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Faison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Macclesfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Jason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Contentnea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Glenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Hookerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Maury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Fieldsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Kenly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Redwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Harper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Smithfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Wise Forks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Shady Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- La Grange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Albrittons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Kinston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Deep Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Kinfield Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Graingers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Loftins Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Pink Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Bailey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Cliftonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Mount Pleasant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Winstead Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Middlesex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Farmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Renston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Ayden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Newton Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Keener
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Vann Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Turkey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Black Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Stantonsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lucama
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Scotts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Saratoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Eastwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Wilson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sims
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Elm City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Handley Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Handley Acres.
Cemeteries Near Handley Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Handley Acres.
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 Handley Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Handley Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Willow Dale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Mill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Hope Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Augustus Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pikesville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (185 more) ...
- Dobbs County Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Handley Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Handley Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Handley Acres, with the one closest to Handley Acres listed first.
- Greenleaf
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Goldsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Saulston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Best
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Dudley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shine
- Jason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Faro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Pinkney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- La Grange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Handley Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Handley Acres.
Newspapers Published in Handley Acres ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Handley Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Handley Acres, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Handley Acres.
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 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 Handley Acres:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Sampson 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> | 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 Handley Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Handley Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |