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 Hinnes 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 Hinnes 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 Hinnes 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 Hinnes Crossroads: Hinnes Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Hinnes Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hinnes Crossroads may originally have been Hinne's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hinnes Crossroads might be written as Hinne 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hinnes 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 Hinnes Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hinnes Crossroads:
- Halifax County (The home county of Hinnes Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- South Rosemary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Airlie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Littleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Roanoke Rapids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Heathsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- South Weldon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Allen Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Halifax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hollister
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ringwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Whitakers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gethsemane
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Battleboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Alert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- White Level
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Lake View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Hickory
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Taylor Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Aventon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Hilliardston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Gold Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Taylors Store
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Drake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Dukes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Red Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Castalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Dortches
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Matthews Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Lancaster Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Henrico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gaston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seaboard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Margarettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Lasker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Rich Square
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Drewry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Middleburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Vaughan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arcola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Church Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Macon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Warrenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Warren Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Snow Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Wise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Lickskillet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Norlina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Afton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Manson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Soul City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Gasburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ankum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gholsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Ante
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Powellton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Ezell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Lawrenceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Totaro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Brodnax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Edgerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Dolphin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Callaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Emporia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Skippers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Radium
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Radium is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Claresville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Bracey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hagood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- La Crosse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- South Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Little Texas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Adams Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Koskoo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Spotsylvania County (VA)
- Brokenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Sussex County (VA)
- Grizzard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hinnes Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Hinnes Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Hinnes Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hinnes 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 Hinnes Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hinnes Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crestview Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedarwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Roanoke Rapids.
- The Cedarwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47078 <3>
- Moody Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Squire Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rook Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Floyd Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Lewis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lewis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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 Hinnes Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hinnes Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hinnes Crossroads, with the one closest to Hinnes Crossroads listed first.
- Aurelian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Aurelian Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurelian Springs
- Airlie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Littleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brinkleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Heathsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Weldon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Barley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Barley is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barley
- Vaughan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grove Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grove Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Arcola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Halifax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gasburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Elams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elams is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elams
- Valentines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Valentines is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentines
- Essex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hinnes Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hinnes Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Hinnes 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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hinnes Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hinnes Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hinnes Crossroads.
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 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 Hinnes Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Halifax County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Vance County
- Warren County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Mecklenburg County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex 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> | 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 Hinnes Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hinnes Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |