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 Holmesville (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 Holmesville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Holmesville is located in Robeson 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 Robeson County: Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland, Dillon (SC) & Marlboro (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Holmesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holmesville:
- Robeson County (The home county of Holmesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Marietta
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marietta is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Barnesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Fairmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Orrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Proctorville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Proctorville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- McDonald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Rowland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Raynham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Raynham is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Elrod
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elrod is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Alfordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alfordsville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Lumberton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lowe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lowe is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Allenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Butters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Bladenboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Clarkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Columbus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Fair Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
- Cerro Gordo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Williamson Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Boardman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boardman is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Cedar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Evergreen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Grist
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grist is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
- Chadbourn
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clarendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Emerson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Tabor City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cribb Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Scotland County
- Hasty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hasty is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Dillon County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Lake View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Floydale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hamer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dillon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Latta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Crossroads is located in Dillon County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Crossroads
- Minturn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Florence County (SC)
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Florence County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Horry County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Green Sea
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Finklea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Galivants Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Aynor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Loris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cool Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cool Spring is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Gurley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gurley is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Daisy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Allen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Allen is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Cebu ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cebu is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebu
- Marion County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Nichols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mullins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sellers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Laughlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laughlin is located in Marion County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin
- Centenary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle is located in Marion County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Marlboro County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Red Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Clio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clio is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <1>
- Blenheim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Drake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holmesville, see our County-by-County Page for Holmesville.
Cemeteries Near Holmesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holmesville.
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 Holmesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holmesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Bear Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spiveys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Page Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alligator Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marietta Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rogers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roziers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View Perpetual Care Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Perpetual Care Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake View Perpetual Care Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lake View (SC).
- The Lake View Perpetual Care Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70474 <2>
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (429 more) ...
- Ford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Byrd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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 Holmesville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holmesville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holmesville, with the one closest to Holmesville listed first.
- Barnesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Fair Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
- Gaddysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gaddysville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddysville
- Nichols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Zion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zion is located in Marion County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Mullins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cerro Gordo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Echo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Dillon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Evergreen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rowland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Latta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holmesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holmesville.
Newspapers Published in Holmesville ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holmesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holmesville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holmesville.
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 helpful websites 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 Holmesville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Robeson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Columbus County
- Scotland County
- Dillon County
- Florence County
- Horry County
- Marion County
- Marlboro County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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> | 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. |
| <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 Holmesville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holmesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |