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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 Hastings Corner (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 Hastings Corner. 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 Hastings Corner ...

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 Hastings Corner: Hastings Cor. (or less commonly used: Hastings Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Hastings Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hastings Corner may originally have been Hasting's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hastings Corner might be written as Hasting Corner.

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 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.

Hastings Corner is located in Camden 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 Camden County: Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank & Tyrrell.

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

  • Camden County     (The home county of Hastings Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Belcross
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Belcross is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
    • Camden
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Shiloh
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shiloh is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Elizabeth City Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Elizabeth City Beach is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Beach
    • Riddle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Riddle is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
    • Alder Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alder Branch is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
    • South Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Horseshoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Horseshoe is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
  • Chowan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Gliden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Gliden is located in Chowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
    • Center Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Center Hill is located in Chowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
    • Ryland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ryland is located in Chowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
    • Mavaton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mavaton is located in Chowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
  • Currituck County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Shawboro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Snowden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Snowden is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
    • Maple
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Maple is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
    • Barco
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Currituck
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tulls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Tulls is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls
    • Coinjock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Moyock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Waterlily
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Waterlily is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlily
    • Aydlett
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Aydlett is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydlett
    • Bertha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Bertha is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
    • Poplar Branch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Grandy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Duck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • George Town Sands
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • George Town Sands is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Town Sands
    • Poteskeet Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Poteskeet Village is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteskeet Village
    • Southern Shores
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Acorn Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Acorn Hill is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Hill
    • Holly Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Holly Grove is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
    • Hobbsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hobbsville is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
    • Muddy Cross
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
    • Savage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Savage is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
    • Sunbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Corapeake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mintonsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Mintonsville is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
    • Mitchells Fork
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Mitchells Fork is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Fork
  • Pasquotank County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Elizabeth City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Weeksville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
    • Nixonton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
  • Perquimans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Woodville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodville is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Nicanor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
    • Winfall
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Burgess
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Burgess is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
    • Hertford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Belvidere
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Snug Harbor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Snug Harbor is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
    • Snow Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Yeopim Station
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
      • Yeopim Station has also been known as:
      • Yeopim
    • Bethel ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bethel is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
  • Tyrrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Fort Landing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Fort Landing is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Landing
    • Alligator
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Alligator is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
    • Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Chesapeake City (VA)
    • Chesapeake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Virginia Beach City (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hastings Corner, with the one closest to Hastings Corner listed first.
    • Pungo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
    • Nimmo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Nimmo is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmo
    • Sandbridge Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandbridge Beach is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandbridge Beach

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

Cemeteries Near Hastings Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hastings Corner.

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 Hastings Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gilbert Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • West Lawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Hollywood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hollywood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Memory Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • William G. Wood Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Porters Chapel Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Moyock Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Northwest Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • Godfrey Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • New Hope UMC Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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.<5>

While we didn't find Hastings Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hastings Corner.

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

  • Belcross
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Belcross is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
  • Gregory
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gregory is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Indiantown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Indiantown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
  • Elizabeth City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shawboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiloh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Shiloh is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Snowden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Snowden is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
  • Weeksville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
  • Old Trap
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Trap is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Trap
  • Currituck
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Tulls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tulls is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls
  • Pasquotank
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pasquotank is located in Pasquotank County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasquotank
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Hastings Corner ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hastings Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hastings Corner, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hastings Corner.

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 helpful 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 Hastings Corner:

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 '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- Hastings Corner) 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 Hastings Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.