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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 Herrings 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 Herrings 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 Herrings 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 Herrings Crossroads: Herrings Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Herrings Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Herrings Crossroads may originally have been Herring's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Herrings Crossroads might be written as Herring Crossroads.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Herrings Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Herrings 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Herrings Crossroads is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Edgecombe, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne & Wilson.

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

  • Greene County     (The home county of Herrings Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Contentnea
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Contentnea is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
    • Snow Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Speights Bridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
    • Walstonburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Walstonburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
    • Maury
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Maury is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
    • Fieldsboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
    • Hookerton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Glenfield is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
    • Jason
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jason is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Dover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dover is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
    • Fort Barnwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
    • Cove City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cove City is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
  • Duplin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Drummersville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Drummersville is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
    • Gradys Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
    • Outlaws Bridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
    • Albertson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Albertson is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
    • Herrings Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
    • Blizzards Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
    • Pleasant Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Resaca
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Resaca is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
    • Scotts Store
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
    • Hills Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
  • Edgecombe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Cobb Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • Sharp Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
    • Macclesfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Pinetops
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Mercer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
    • Henrietta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
    • Lancaster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Sharpsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Conetoe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
    • Princeville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Fairview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Hartsboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
  • Johnston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Kenly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Kenly is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenly <2>
    • Rains Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
    • Princeton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Beulahtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
    • Micro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Micro is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
    • Pine Level
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Wise Forks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wise Forks is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
    • Shady Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Sassers Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
    • Perfection
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Perfection is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
  • Lenoir County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • La Grange
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Fields
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Fields is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
    • Graingers
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Graingers is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
    • Kinston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Grifton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tick Bite
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
    • Kinfield Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
    • Albrittons
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
    • Loftins Crossroads
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
    • Deep Run
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
  • Martin County
    • Parmele
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Parmele is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
  • Nash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Cliftonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Cliftonville is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
    • Winstead Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
    • Ashburk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ashburk is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
    • Joyners Crossing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
    • High Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • High Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
    • Easonburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Easonburg is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
    • Bailey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Langley Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
    • Strickland Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Cross
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
  • Pitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Farmville
      (8 miles [12.9 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
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Rountree
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Rountree is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
    • Renston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Renston is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
    • Ayden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Red Oak
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Red Oak is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
    • Winterville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Falkland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Falkland is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Summerfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Summerfield is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
    • Bells Fork
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
    • Greenville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Windsor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Windsor is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Eureka
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Eureka is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Saulston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Saulston is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
    • Fremont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Elroy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Elroy is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
    • Pikeville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Berkeley Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
    • Walnut Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
    • Goldsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Nahunta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Nahunta is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
    • Mar-Mac Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
    • Seven Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Genoa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Genoa is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
    • Stantonsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saratoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Saratoga is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
    • Black Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Creek is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
    • Eastwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastwood is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Lucama
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Scotts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Scotts is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
    • Spring Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Elm City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sims
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Herrings Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Herrings 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 Herrings Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Free Union Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Snow Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Eason Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Edmondson Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Maury Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maury Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Maury.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386125 <3>
  • Rainbow Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
  • Hollywood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Hills Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Eureka Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (112 more) ...
    • Memorial Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Artis Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Mill Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.<4>

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

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

  • Contentnea
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Contentnea is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
  • Castoria
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Castoria is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castoria
  • Snow Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lizzie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lizzie is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
  • Speights Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
  • Fieldsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
  • Shine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shine is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shine
  • Marlboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Marlboro is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
  • Hookerton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ormondsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Ormondsville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormondsville
  • Farmville
    (8 miles [12.9 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
  • Faro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Faro is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Jason
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jason is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
    • Glenfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Glenfield is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
    • Stantonsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 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 Herrings Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Herrings Crossroads.

Newspapers Published in Herrings 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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Herrings Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Herrings Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Herrings Crossroads.

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.

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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).
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<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 Herrings Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Herrings Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.