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 Jonestown (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 Jonestown. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Jonestown is located in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County: Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Jonestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jonestown:
- Lenoir County (The home county of Jonestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Deep Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Pink Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Albrittons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Loftins Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Kinfield Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fields
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Graingers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- La Grange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Bite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Cove City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Fort Barnwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Tuscarora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Clark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- River Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Lima
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Resaca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Potters Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
- Gradys Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Albertson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Kornegay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kornegay is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornegay
- Leon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Petersburg Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg Crossing is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Crossing
- Pleasant Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Drummersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Hadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Cabin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cabin is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin
- Herrings Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Glenfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Hookerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Maury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Contentnea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hargetts Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Taylors Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Combs Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Comfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Phillips Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Sassers Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Wise Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Pollocks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Trenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Huffmantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Richlands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Mill Pond Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Half Moon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Shamrock Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Cardinal Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Acorn Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Foxhorn Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Aragona Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Pender County
- Maple Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Quinerly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Rountree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Coxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Ayden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clayroot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Seven Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Elroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Berkeley Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Dudley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brogden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Genoa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Goldsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Saulston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Mar-Mac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jonestown, see our County-by-County Page for Jonestown.
Cemeteries Near Jonestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jonestown.
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 Jonestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jonestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Howard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Humphrey - Harper Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stroud Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander Rouse Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harper - Southerland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gradys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- George W. Holland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Council F. Jarman Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- King Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (83 more) ...
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wiley Rouse Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- George W. Rouse Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Jonestown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jonestown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Deep Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Resaca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Comfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Leon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Strabane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Albertson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Falling Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- Outlaws Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Beulaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Richlands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kinston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sarecta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sarecta is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarecta
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fields
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Seven Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jonestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jonestown.
Newspapers Published in Jonestown ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jonestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jonestown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jonestown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Jonestown:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Lenoir County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Onslow County
- Pender County
- Pitt County
- Wayne 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Jonestown) 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 Jonestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |