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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 Havelock (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 Havelock. 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 Havelock ...

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.

Havelock was originally named Havelock Station

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Havelock. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Havelock.

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 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.

Havelock is located in Craven 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 Craven County: Beaufort, Carteret, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico & Pitt.

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

  • Craven County     (The home county of Havelock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Havelock, with the one closest to Havelock listed first.
    • Manteo
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Manteo is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Slocum Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Slocum Village is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
    • Hancock Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Hancock Village is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
    • Cherry Point ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Neuse Forest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
    • Riverdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bachelor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fairfield Harbour
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
    • Brices Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Brices Creek is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
    • James City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • James City is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
    • Snug Harbor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
    • Old Town Harbor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
  • Beaufort County
  • Carteret County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Havelock, with the one closest to Havelock listed first.
    • Conner Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Conner Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
    • Holly Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Newport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Broad Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mitchell Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mitchell Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Village
    • Indian Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pine Knoll Shores
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Salter Path
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Crab Point Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Crab Point Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
    • Carolina City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Carolina City is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina City
    • Bogue
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bogue is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
    • Kuhns
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jones County
  • Onslow County
  • Pamlico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Havelock, with the one closest to Havelock listed first.
    • Minnesott Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
    • Arapahoe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oriental
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Reelsboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Alliance
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Grantsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Merritt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Stonewall
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pamlico
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bay City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bay City is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Vandemere
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people

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

Cemeteries Near Havelock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Havelock.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Cherry Point ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Croatan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Croatan is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croatan
  • Newport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bachelor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Wildwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildwood is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Arapahoe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hollywood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollywood is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
  • Janeiro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Janeiro is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeiro
  • Thurman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Thurman is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
  • Bogue
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bogue is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
  • Stella
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Morehead City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • James City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • James City is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
    • Merrimon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Merrimon is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimon

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Havelock ...

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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Havelock.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Havelock. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Havelock and those printed in the larger area surrounding Havelock.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<2> of Havelock.

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 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 Havelock:

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