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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 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.
Herrings Crossroads is located in Sampson 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 Sampson County: Bladen, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Johnston, Pender & Wayne.
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:
- Sampson 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.
- Vann Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Beaman Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Blackmans Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Newton Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spiveys Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Keener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Reynolds Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Kitty Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Huntley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Plain View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Rebel City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Bonnetsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bonnetsville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnetsville
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
- Ammon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Jerome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
- Falcon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Falcon is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Godwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stedman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Linden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eastover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eastover is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
- Vander
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Fayetteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Williams Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
- North Point Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
- Faison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Calypso
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Bowdens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdens is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdens
- Baltic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Baltic is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Beautancus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Friendship
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Everton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Everton is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Warsaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Hills Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Summerlins Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
- Grove Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lakeside Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Dunn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westhaven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Erwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Turlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Coats
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Bunnlevel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Walkertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Buies Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
- McKoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Peacocks Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Bentonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Allens Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Benson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Four Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Smithfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Pine Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Smithfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Princeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Herrings Crossroads, with the one closest to Herrings Crossroads listed first.
- Grantham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Raynor Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Brogden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Dudley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Genoa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Mar-Mac Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Goldsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Elroy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Nahunta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
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.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little Field Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vann Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Green Disciples Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wooten Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Josiah Eldridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reedy Prong Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Keener Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westbrook Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Family Cemetery
- The Lee Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2426547 <3>
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Barefoot Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barefoot Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Baggett Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 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.
- Beaman Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Newton Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Timothy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Timothy is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Blackmans Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Keener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- McKoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Huntley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Dobbersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dobbersville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbersville
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Mingo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mingo is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bentonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clement
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clement is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Faison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dunn
(15 miles [24.1 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 44 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 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. 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 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 Herrings Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Sampson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Cumberland County
- Duplin County
- Harnett County
- Johnston County
- Wayne 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' (or 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- Herrings 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 Herrings Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |