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 Hills 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 Hills 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 Hills 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 Hills Crossroads: Hills Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Hills Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hills Crossroads may originally have been Hill's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hills Crossroads might be written as Hill Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hills Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hills 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.
Hills Crossroads is located in Halifax 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 Halifax County: Bertie, Edgecombe, Franklin, Martin, Nash, Northampton & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Hills Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hills Crossroads:
- Halifax County (The home county of Hills Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Tillery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scotland Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roseneath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Braswells Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Hobgood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Enfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Allen Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Halifax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Weldon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Heathsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Weldon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ringwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Roxobel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Aulander
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Hexlena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Drew
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Askewville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Powellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Lawrence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Gethsemane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Speed
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Leggett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Whitakers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coakley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Hope Lodge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Battleboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Summerfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Tarboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hartsease
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Hartsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Menola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Earleys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Poor Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Murfreesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ahoskie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Oak City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hassell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Hamilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Parmele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Everetts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Taylor Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Hickory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gold Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Drake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- North Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Dortches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Red Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Hilliardston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Halifax Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Aventon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Westry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Ashburk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Easonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Rich Square
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eagletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Lasker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Woodland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Potecasi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Garysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Seaboard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Conway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gaston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Margarettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pendleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whitehurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Warren County
- Arcola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Claresville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Branchville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Little Texas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Boykins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hills Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Hills Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Hills Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hills 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 Hills Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hills Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Mary Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scotland Neck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Gilbert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cobb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Joyner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gray Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Manning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Leggett House Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Staton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- Hales Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westray Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bellamy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hills Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hills Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hills Crossroads, with the one closest to Hills Crossroads listed first.
- Spring Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Tillery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scotland Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norfleet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Norfleet is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfleet
- Ruggles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruggles is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Palmyra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Hobgood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Rich Square
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rehoboth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Enfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lawrence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Roxobel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Halifax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kelford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Eagletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hills Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hills Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Hills 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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hills Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hills Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hills 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 websites either 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 Hills Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Halifax County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Pitt County
- Warren County
- Greensville County
- Southampton 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> | 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 Hills Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hills Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |