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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 Hobbton (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 Hobbton. 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 northwest 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 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.

Hobbton 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 Hobbton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hobbton:

  • Sampson County     (The home county of Hobbton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobbton, with the one closest to Hobbton listed first.
    • Keener
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Keener is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
    • Vann Crossroads
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
    • Newton Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Beaman Crossroads
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
    • Blackmans Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
    • Kitty Fork
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
    • Reynolds Crossroads
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
    • Spiveys Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
    • Clinton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Huntley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntley is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
    • Bonnetsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bonnetsville is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnetsville
    • Moltonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Moltonville is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
    • Concord
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Concord is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Bladen County
    • Ammon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ammon is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobbton, with the one closest to Hobbton listed first.
    • Falcon
      (18 miles [29 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
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Stedman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Wade
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Wade is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wade <1>
    • Linden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Eastover
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Vander is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
    • Judson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Judson is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
  • Duplin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobbton, with the one closest to Hobbton listed first.
    • Faison
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Calypso
      (12 miles [19.3 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bowdens is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdens
    • Baltic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Baltic is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
    • Beautancus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Beautancus is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
    • Friendship
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Friendship is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Warsaw
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Everton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Everton is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
    • Carroll
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Carroll is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
    • Hills Crossroads
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
    • Summerlins Crossroads
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Blizzards Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
    • Westbrook Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Westbrook Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Crossroads
  • Harnett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobbton, with the one closest to Hobbton listed first.
    • Grove Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Grove Park is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
    • Dunn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunn is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,684 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunn <1>
    • Lakeside Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Westhaven
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Westhaven is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
    • Averasboro ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Averasboro is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
    • Erwin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Erwin is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,202 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erwin <1>
    • Turlington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Turlington is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
    • Coats
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Coats is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,520 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coats <1>
    • Fonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Fonville is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
    • Bunnlevel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
    • Buies Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Walkertown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Walkertown is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
    • Barclaysville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
  • Johnston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobbton, with the one closest to Hobbton listed first.
    • Harper
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Harper is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • McKoy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • McKoy is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
    • Bentonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Bentonville is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
    • Peacocks Crossroads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
    • Allens Crossroads
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
    • Four Oaks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Benson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Princeton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Fairfield is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Pine Level
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Smithfield
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Rains Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobbton, with the one closest to Hobbton listed first.
    • Grantham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Grantham is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
    • Mount Olive
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Dudley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Brogden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Brogden is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
    • Mar-Mac
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
    • Raynor Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
    • Genoa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Genoa is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
    • Mar-Mac Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
    • Goldsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Berkeley Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
    • Elroy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Elroy is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
    • Seven Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Nahunta
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Hobbton, see our County-by-County Page for Hobbton.

Cemeteries Near Hobbton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hobbton.

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 Hobbton - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hobbton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hobbton, with the one closest to Hobbton listed first.

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 Hobbton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hobbton.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hobbton, with the one closest to Hobbton listed first.

  • Keener
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Keener is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
  • Newton Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dobbersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dobbersville is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbersville
  • Beaman Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
  • Blackmans Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
  • Harper
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Harper is located in Johnston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Timothy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Timothy is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
  • Clinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Faison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • McKoy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • McKoy is located in Johnston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
  • Huntley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntley is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
  • Bentonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bentonville is located in Johnston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Mingo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Mingo is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
    • Elliott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Elliott is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Turkey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hobbton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hobbton.

Newspapers Published in Hobbton ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hobbton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hobbton, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hobbton.

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 Hobbton:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hobbton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hobbton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.