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 Icaria (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 Icaria. 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 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.
Icaria is located in Chowan 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 Chowan County: Bertie, Gates, Hertford & Perquimans.
Below are the counties that are near Icaria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Icaria:
- Chowan County (The home county of Icaria)
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Ryland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Center Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Gliden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Mavaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Edenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Colerain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Ashland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Edenhouse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Edenhouse is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenhouse
- Edenhouse has also been known as:
- Eden House Point
- Eden House
- Edenhouse Point
- Powellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Avoca
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Merry Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
- Askewville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Hexlena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Windsor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Aulander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Horseshoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- South Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Belcross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belcross is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
- Elizabeth City Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth City Beach is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Beach
- Shiloh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Hobbsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Mintonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Mitchells Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchells Fork is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Fork
- Muddy Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Sunbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gatesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Acorn Hill is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Hill
- Savage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Savage is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- White Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Holly Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Eure
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roduco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Harrellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- South Tunis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tunis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Cofield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Tuscarora Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Winton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ahoskie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Earleys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Poor Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Como
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barretts Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Menola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Pasquotank County
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Nixonton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
- Elizabeth City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Weeksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
- Perquimans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Snow Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Belvidere
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Winfall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nicanor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Yeopim Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
- Yeopim Station has also been known as:
- Yeopim
- Hertford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Burgess
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burgess is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Snug Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Pea Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pea Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Skinnersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Skinnersville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnersville
- Westover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Westover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Pine Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Roper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Creswell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Riverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Kingsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Whaley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Whaleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Pittmantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Holland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Icaria, see our County-by-County Page for Icaria.
Cemeteries Near Icaria ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Icaria.
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 Icaria - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Icaria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Charity Holley Gravesite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chappells Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Piney Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Henry R. Chappell Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry R. Chappell Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henry R. Chappell Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Belvidere.
- The Henry R. Chappell Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chappell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188876 <2>
- Winslow - Ward Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riddicks Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Warwick Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nixon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riddick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- Up River Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nixon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Memorial Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Memorial Cemetery
- The Perry Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perry Family Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Icaria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Icaria.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Icaria, with the one closest to Icaria listed first.
- Ryland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Chowan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chowan is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chowan
- Cisco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cisco is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Gliden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Belvidere
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockyhock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockyhock is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyhock
- Hobbsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Mintonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Colerain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Sandy Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Yeopim Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
- Yeopim Station has also been known as:
- Yeopim
- Winfall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nicanor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Harrellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Hertford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Icaria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Icaria.
Newspapers Published in Icaria ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Icaria.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Icaria, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Icaria.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Icaria:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Chowan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Camden County
- Gates County
- Hertford County
- Pasquotank County
- Perquimans County
- Washington County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- 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> | 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- Icaria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Icaria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |