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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 Helens Crossroads (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 Helens Crossroads. 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 Helens Crossroads ...
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 Helens Crossroads: Helens Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Helens Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Helens Crossroads may originally have been Helen's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Helens Crossroads might be written as Helen Crossroads.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Helens Crossroads is located in Pitt 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 Pitt County: Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Martin & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Helens Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Helens Crossroads:
- Pitt County (The home county of Helens Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Coxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Shelmerdine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Ayden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calico
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Quinerly
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Winterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clayroot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Windsor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Bells Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Renston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Rountree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Simpson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Simpson is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Chocowinity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rosedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Washington Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- River Road
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Blounts Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Edward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whitepost
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Walla Watta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Bath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pinetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinetown is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Fort Barnwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Vanceboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Cove City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Ernul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Tuscarora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Lima
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Clark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Spring Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hope is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
- River Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Bridgeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Bern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Sharp Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Cobb Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Conetoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Macclesfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetops
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Hookerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Glenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Snow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fieldsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Contentnea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Speights Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Jason
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Perfection
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Wise Forks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Sassers Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Pollocks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Shady Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Phillips Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Combs Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Jones Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Debruhls Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Oak Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Grifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tick Bite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Graingers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinfield Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loftins Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Albrittons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Fields
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- La Grange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Deep Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Bear Grass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Parmele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Everetts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Gold Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Wayne County
- Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Saratoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Helens Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Helens Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Helens Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Helens Crossroads.
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 Helens Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Helens Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Live Oak FWB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quinerly Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grifton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grifton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grifton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Grifton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2285292 <3>
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- William H. Edwards Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Artis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Taft Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Old Simpson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Homestead Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brownhill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (89 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gleenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Caleb Williams Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<5>
While we didn't find Helens Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Helens Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Helens Crossroads, with the one closest to Helens Crossroads listed first.
- Coxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Johnsons Mills ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Mills is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Mills
- Redallia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redallia is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redallia
- Chicod
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chicod is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicod
- Ayden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littlefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Littlefield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Calico
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Winterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Jack is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Grifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maplecypress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maplecypress is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecypress
- Renston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rountree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Fort Barnwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Hugo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hugo is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Helens Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Helens Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Helens Crossroads ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Helens Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Helens Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Helens Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Helens Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Craven County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Helens Crossroads) 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 Helens Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |