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 Hickory Rock (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 Hickory Rock. 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.
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 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 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.
Hickory Rock is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Wake & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Hickory Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Rock:
- Franklin County (The home county of Hickory Rock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- White Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Level is also located in Franklin County
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- Mapleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mapleville is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Ingleside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Louisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alert is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Lake View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Katesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Katesville is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Bunn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bunn is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunn <1>
- Sutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sutton is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Franklinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Youngsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Battleboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitakers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Fairport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Wilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Clay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Tar River
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Energy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Hester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Creedmoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Townsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Gela
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Hollister
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Brinkleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Airlie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Heathsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Littleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Johnston County
- Stancils Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Castalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lancaster Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Edwards Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Hunts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
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- Matthews Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Taylors Store
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Bass Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Dukes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Corinth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Nash County
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- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Spring Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Bobbitt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Gillburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Gill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Kittrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Pond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Adcock Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- South Henderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Henderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Dabney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Drewry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
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- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Forestville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
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- Rolesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wyatt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- New Light
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Stony Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Wendell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eagle Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Neuse Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Neuse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knightdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Lickskillet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Afton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Arcola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Soul City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Warrenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Manson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Macon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Norlina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Warren Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Vaughan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Sims
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elm City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Palmer Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Rock.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Rock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Rock.
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 Hickory Rock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Highland Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- White Level Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stallings Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Allen C. Perry Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vick Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gay Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harper Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- Hedgepeth Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hickory Rock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hickory Rock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Rock, with the one closest to Hickory Rock listed first.
- Mapleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mapleville is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Laurel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Laurel is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Moulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Louisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Justice
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Justice is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Ingleside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Castalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Katesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Katesville is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Letha ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Letha was located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letha
- Hunts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Epsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Royal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is also located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Inez
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Inez is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Bobbitt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Rock.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Rock ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Rock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Rock, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Rock.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Hickory Rock:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Nash County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wilson County
- Mecklenburg County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Hickory Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hickory Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |