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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 Hollands 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 Hollands 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 Hollands 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 Hollands Crossroads: Hollands Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Hollands Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hollands Crossroads may originally have been Holland's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hollands Crossroads might be written as Holland Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hollands Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hollands 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.
Hollands 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 Hollands Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hollands Crossroads:
- Wayne County (The home county of Hollands Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Nahunta
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Fremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pikeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Raynor Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Mar-Mac Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Saulston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Genoa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Berkeley Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Brogden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Elroy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Calypso
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Drummersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Beautancus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Blizzards Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Faison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Gradys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Herrings Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Macclesfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Franklin County
- Sutton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Contentnea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Jason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Walstonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Hookerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Rains Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Kenly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Smithfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Wilson's Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- La Grange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Bailey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Middlesex
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Cliftonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Floods Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Murraytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Samaria
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Stanhope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Strickland Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Winstead Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Fountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Farmville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Newton Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Vann Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Wendell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Zebulon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Emerald Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Knightdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Lucama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Black Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Stantonsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sims
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eastwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Saratoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hollands Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Hollands Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Hollands Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hollands 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 Hollands Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hollands Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Edgerton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hinnant Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnant Family Cemetery
- The Hinnant Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Needham B. Hinnant Family Cemetery
- Holloman Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloman Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holloman Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Pine Level.
- The Holloman Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- George B. Holloman Family Cemetery
- Pikesville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
- The Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Woodard Cemetery
- Hephzibah Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan Godwin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shoeheel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Crocker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Overby Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Hollands Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hollands Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hollands Crossroads, with the one closest to Hollands Crossroads listed first.
- Pinkney
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Princeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kenly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bagley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Pikeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Micro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oliver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Greenleaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Lucama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Black Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Selma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saulston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hollands Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hollands Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Hollands 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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hollands Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hollands Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hollands Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hollands Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Sampson County
- Wake 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 '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- Hollands 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 Hollands Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |