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 Hines 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 Hines 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 Hines 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 Hines Crossroads: Hines Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Hines Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hines Crossroads may originally have been Hine's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hines Crossroads might be written as Hine 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Hines Crossroads is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Hines Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hines Crossroads:
- Wayne County (The home county of Hines Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Seven Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Elroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Dudley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brogden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Berkeley Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Genoa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Mar-Mac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Goldsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grantham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Craven County
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Drummersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Blizzards Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Herrings Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Gradys Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Hills Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Scotts Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Albertson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Red Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Summerlins Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beautancus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Jason
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Glenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Hookerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Speights Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Rains Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Harper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Pine Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kenly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Micro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Hargetts Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Shady Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Wise Forks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Taylors Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Combs Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Sassers Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Comfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Phillips Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Pollocks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- La Grange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Deep Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Albrittons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Pink Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kinston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Loftins Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Kinfield Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Graingers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Tick Bite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Huffmantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Richlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pitt County
- Rountree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Turkey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Moltonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
- Keener
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Newton Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Blackmans Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Kitty Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Beulah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Beaman Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Stantonsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Black Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hines Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Hines Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Hines Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hines 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 Hines Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hines Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Pine View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Arnett - Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hardy Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hardy Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Albertson.
- The Hardy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adolphus Hardy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279877 <4>
- Isaac Hines / Liddell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ben Hines Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- George W. Rouse Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dobbs County Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wiley Rouse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (127 more) ...
- New Hope Friends Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gradys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Hines Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hines Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hines Crossroads, with the one closest to Hines Crossroads listed first.
- Seven Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Outlaws Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Strabane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Albertson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- La Grange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Fields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Best
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Resaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Deep Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Falling Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- Leon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Goldsboro
(14 miles [22.5 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 Hines Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hines Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Hines 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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hines Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hines Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hines Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Hines Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Onslow County
- Pitt County
- Sampson 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hines Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Hines Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |