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 Hymans (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 Hymans. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Hymans is located in Craven 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 Craven County: Beaufort, Carteret, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico & Pitt.
Below are the counties that are near Hymans. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hymans:
- Craven County (The home county of Hymans)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Clark
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Tuscarora
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Lima
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- River Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Trent Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- Old Town Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- New Bern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brices Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- Snug Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Cove City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Bridgeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ernul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Blounts Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Edward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chocowinity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- River Road
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Washington Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whitepost
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Rosedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Bath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Kuhns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Stella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Conner Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conner Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
- Peletier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Peletier is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Hookerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Debruhls Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Jones Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Perfection
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pollocksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Olivers Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Olivers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenswood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Pollocks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Chadwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Tick Bite
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Graingers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Grifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Loftins Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Kinfield Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Albrittons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Deep Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Huffmantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Mill Pond Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Foxhorn Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Half Moon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Pumpkin Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Richlands
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aragona Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Cardinal Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Shamrock Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Hubert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Acorn Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Reelsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Grantsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Arapahoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesott Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Bay City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Bayboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Merritt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Oriental
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vandemere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Mesic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Clayroot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Calico
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Quinerly
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Coxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Shelmerdine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Ayden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grimesland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grimesland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Rountree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Winterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Simpson is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Windsor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Renston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hymans, see our County-by-County Page for Hymans.
Cemeteries Near Hymans ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hymans.
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 Hymans - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hymans covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- New Bern Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Bern National Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bern Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Pollocksville.
- The Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frank Murphy Cemetery
- Murphy Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259668 <2>
- Bridgeton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Celestial Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stapleford Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (76 more) ...
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cayton Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hymans in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hymans.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hymans, with the one closest to Hymans listed first.
- Clark
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Tuscarora
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Bellair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bellair is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Lima
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- New Bern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cove City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- James City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Ernul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Pollocksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vanceboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Olivers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Olympia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Olympia is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia
- Thurman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thurman is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hymans. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hymans.
Newspapers Published in Hymans ...
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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hymans.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hymans, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hymans.
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 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 Hymans:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Craven County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Carteret County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Onslow County
- Pamlico County
- Pitt 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 Hymans, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hymans) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |