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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 Hydeland (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 Hydeland. 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.

Hydeland is located in Hyde 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 Hyde County: Beaufort, Dare, Tyrrell & Washington.

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

  • Hyde County     (The home county of Hydeland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydeland, with the one closest to Hydeland listed first.
    • Swan Quarter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Fairfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Last Chance
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Last Chance is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
    • Lake Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
    • Nebraska
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Nebraska is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
    • White Plains
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • White Plains is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Engelhard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Germantown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Germantown is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Scranton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Scranton is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
    • Sladesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Sladesville is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
    • Mount Olive
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Ocracoke
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydeland, with the one closest to Hydeland listed first.
    • Belhaven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Pungo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pungo is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
    • Ransomville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
    • Pantego
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Union Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Carteret County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydeland, with the one closest to Hydeland listed first.
    • Portsmouth Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Portsmouth Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Village
    • Portsmouth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Portsmouth is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
    • Cedar Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Pamlico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydeland, with the one closest to Hydeland listed first.
    • Lowland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lowland is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
    • Hobucken
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
    • Mesic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Mesic is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Vandemere
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Tyrrell County
    • New Lands
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • New Lands is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lands

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

Cemeteries Near Hydeland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hydeland.

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

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

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

  • Donald Farm Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Soule Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Fulford Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cahoon Family Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Watson Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oddfellows Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Oddfellows Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Styron Family Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • British Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the British Cemetery is located in Ocracoke.
    • The British Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ocracoke British Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46935 <2>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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

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

  • Swan Quarter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Fairfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lake Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
  • Middletown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Middletown is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Engelhard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Scranton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Scranton is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
  • Sladesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sladesville is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
  • Leechville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Leechville is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
  • Makleyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Makleyville is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makleyville
  • Gum Neck
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Gum Neck is located in Tyrrell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Neck
  • Hobucken
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
  • Ocracoke
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Portsmouth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Portsmouth is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
    • Pungo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pungo is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
    • Ransomville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville

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

Newspapers Published in Hydeland ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hydeland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hydeland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hydeland.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Hydeland:

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 Hydeland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Hydeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.