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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 Honey Hill (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 Honey Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Honey Hill is located in Columbus 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 Columbus County: Bladen, Brunswick, Pender, Robeson & Horry (SC).

Below are the counties that are near Honey Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Honey Hill:

  • Columbus County     (The home county of Honey Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • Redbug
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Redbug is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
    • Hallsboro
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
    • Brunswick
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Whiteville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Waccamaw
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Nakina
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Nakina is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
    • Cribb Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
    • Rico
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Rico is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
    • Bethel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Bethel is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Chadbourn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ironhill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
    • Clarendon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Clarendon is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
  • Bladen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • Rosindale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosindale is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
    • Council
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Council is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
    • Clarkton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Abbottsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
    • East Arcadia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • East Arcadia is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcadia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
    • Bladenboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Olive
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Kelly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kelly is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
    • Butters
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Butters is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
    • Elizabethtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Dublin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Dublin is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • White Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Brunswick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • Exum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Exum is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
    • Ash
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ash is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
    • Makatoka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
    • Longwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Longwood is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Shallotte
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Calabash
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Carolina Shores
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
    • Northwest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Northwest is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
    • Sandy Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
    • Sunset Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Supply
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ocean Isle Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Robeson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • Orrum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Orrum is located in Robeson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Barnesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Barnesville is located in Robeson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
    • Proctorville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Proctorville is located in Robeson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Allenton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Allenton is located in Robeson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
    • Marietta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Marietta is located in Robeson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Dillon County (SC)
    • Lake View
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Horry County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • Loris
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Loris is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loris <1>
    • Little Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Little Town is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
    • Green Sea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Longs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Daisy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Finklea
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
    • Little River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Gurley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Gurley is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
    • Cedar Creek Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Creek Village is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Village
    • Cherry Grove Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Hand
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hand is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
  • Marion County (SC)
    • Nichols
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Honey Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Honey Hill.

Cemeteries Near Honey Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Honey Hill.

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 Honey Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sibbitt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Ward Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Faison Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Hebron Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Flynn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Columbus Country Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cherry Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Whiteville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (368 more) ...
    • Coleman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Blackmon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Clewis Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<2>

While we didn't find Honey Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Honey Hill.

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

  • Hallsboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
  • Whiteville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Dock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Old Dock is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
  • Lake Waccamaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mollie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mollie is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
  • Chadbourn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Clarendon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Clarendon is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
  • Ironhill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
  • Rosindale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosindale is located in Bladen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
  • Bug Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
  • Bolton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Council
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Council is located in Bladen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Emerson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Emerson is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Elkton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Elkton is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Emerson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Emerson is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson

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

Newspapers Published in Honey Hill ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Honey Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Honey Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Honey Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Honey Hill:

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>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 Honey Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Honey Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.