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 Harkers Island (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 Harkers Island. 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 Harkers Island ...
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 Harkers Island: Harkers Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Harkers Island, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Harkers Island may originally have been Harker's Island.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Harkers Island might be written as Harker Island.
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 northwest 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 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.
Harkers Island is located in Carteret 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 Carteret County: Craven, Hyde, Jones, Onslow & Pamlico.
Below are the counties that are near Harkers Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harkers Island:
- Carteret County (The home county of Harkers Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harkers Island, with the one closest to Harkers Island listed first.
- Straits
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Straits is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Gloucester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gloucester is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester
- Marshallberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshallberg is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
- Smyrna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yucca Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yucca Village is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucca Village
- Otway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Otway is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otway
- Beaufort
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bettie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bettie is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Cape Lookout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cape Lookout is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Lookout
- Williston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williston is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Davis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morehead City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harkers Island, with the one closest to Harkers Island listed first.
- Bachelor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Hancock Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
- Havelock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Havelock is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
- Manteo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Manteo is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Slocum Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Slocum Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
- Neuse Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harkers Island, with the one closest to Harkers Island listed first.
- Oriental
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Minnesott Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Pamlico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Arapahoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Merritt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harkers Island, see our County-by-County Page for Harkers Island.
Cemeteries Near Harkers Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harkers Island.
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 Harkers Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harkers Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harkers Island, with the one closest to Harkers Island listed first.
- Ocean View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Murphy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tuttles Grove UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bay View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stacy Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Isaiah Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nolan Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atlantic Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Cemetery
- The Atlantic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Atlantic.
- The Atlantic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Over the Brook Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244961 <3>
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Royals Creek Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Newport Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Amariah Garner Memorial Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cannady Memorial Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the west of Newport.
- The Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Quinn - Gould Families Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2435342 <3>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Harkers Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harkers Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harkers Island, with the one closest to Harkers Island listed first.
- Straits
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Straits is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Marshallberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshallberg is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
- Smyrna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beaufort
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Davis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morehead City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hollywood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Wildwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Merrimon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Merrimon is also located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimon
- Atlantic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bachelor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Newport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Janeiro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Janeiro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeiro
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
- Oriental
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harkers Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harkers Island.
Newspapers Published in Harkers Island ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harkers Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harkers Island, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harkers Island.
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 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 Harkers Island:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Carteret County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Pamlico 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harkers Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Harkers Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |