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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 Kellys Crossroads (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 Kellys Crossroads. 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.
Name Variations for Kellys Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Kellys Crossroads: Kellys Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Kellys Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kellys Crossroads may originally have been Kelly's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kellys Crossroads might be written as Kelly Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kellys Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kellys Crossroads.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Kellys Crossroads is located in Vance 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 Vance County: Franklin, Granville, Warren & Mecklenburg (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Kellys Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kellys Crossroads:
- Vance County (The home county of Kellys Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Dabney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middleburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Adcock Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- South Henderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Bear Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Gillburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Drewry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Bobbitt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Hampton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Bahama
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rougemont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Lake View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Alert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Ingleside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Franklinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Katesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Louisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Mapleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- White Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Youngsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wake Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Townsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stovall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Bullock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gela
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Clay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Tar River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Berea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Wilbourns
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Wilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Hester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Hollister
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Littleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Castalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lancaster Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Moriah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Allensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Mount Tirzah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Timberlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roxboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- New Light
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Stony Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Manson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Soul City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Rose Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Afton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Norlina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warren Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Warrenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Lickskillet
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Macon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Church Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Vaughan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Virgilina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Mayo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Omega
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Cluster Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Shiny Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Cusco Willa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Mill Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Palmer Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Henrico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Averett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Clarksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Finchley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Jeffress
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Nelson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Boydton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Skipwith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Bracey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kellys Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Kellys Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Kellys Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kellys Crossroads.
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 Kellys Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kellys Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Alpha Omega Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blacknall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crews Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- John Penns Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowview Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadowview Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Oxford.
- The Meadowview Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Meadowview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48079 <4>
- Plummer Cheatham Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level UCC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- Manson Missionary Baptist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Royster Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<5>
While we didn't find Kellys Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kellys Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kellys Crossroads, with the one closest to Kellys Crossroads listed first.
- Dabney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Dexter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dexter is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsboro is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsboro
- Greystone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greystone is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Brookston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brookston is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
- Middleburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Townsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stovall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Watkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Watkins is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Gillburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Bullock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lewis is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kellys Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kellys Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Kellys Crossroads ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kellys Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kellys Crossroads, 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 Kellys Crossroads.
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 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 Kellys Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Vance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Nash County
- Person County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Halifax County
- Mecklenburg County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kellys Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Kellys Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |