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 Keys 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 Keys 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 Keys 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 Keys Crossroads: Keys Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Keys Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Keys Crossroads may originally have been Key's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Keys Crossroads might be written as Key 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 northeast 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 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.
Keys Crossroads is located in Gates 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 Gates County: Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Keys Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keys Crossroads:
- Gates County (The home county of Keys Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Hobbsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Muddy Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Mintonsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Mitchells Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchells Fork is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Fork
- Acorn Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Acorn Hill is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Hill
- Sunbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Savage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Savage is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Holly Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Gatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Corapeake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Willeyton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Gates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Colerain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Powellsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Edenhouse
(23 miles [37 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
- Avoca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Askewville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Merry Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
- Hexlena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Horseshoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- South Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Camden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belcross
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Belcross is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
- Elizabeth City Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth City Beach is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Beach
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Riddle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Riddle is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Chowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Gliden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Ryland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Center Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mavaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Edenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Currituck County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Moyock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Snowden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Snowden is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Shawboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tulls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tulls is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Harrellsville
(12 miles [19.3 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tunis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Cofield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- 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 west)
- Ahoskie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Como
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Poor Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Earleys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Barretts Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Murfreesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Menola
(30 miles [48.3 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 Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Elizabeth City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nixonton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
- Weeksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
- Perquimans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Snow Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Nicanor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Belvidere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Winfall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hertford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yeopim Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
- Yeopim Station has also been known as:
- Yeopim
- Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Burgess
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burgess is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Snug Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 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 Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Pea Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pea Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Skinnersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Skinnersville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnersville
- Chesapeake City (VA)
- Charlton Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Charlton Village is located in Chesapeake City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Village
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Carrsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Riverdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Kingsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Statesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Sunbeam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Delaware
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Isaac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Watkins Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Corner
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Whaley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Whaleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Pittmantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Russell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Manning
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Suffolk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Kilby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Wilroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keys Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Keys Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Keys Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keys 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 Keys Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keys Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Riddick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Winslow - Ward Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Warwick Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riddicks Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Up River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Henry R. Chappell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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<4> 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 <3>
- Piney Woods Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chappells Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Charity Holley Gravesite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mathias Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- William G. Wood Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (79 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Winslow Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Porters Chapel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<5>
While we didn't find Keys Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Keys Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keys Crossroads, with the one closest to Keys Crossroads listed first.
- Sandy Cross
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sandy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Hobbsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Mintonsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Gliden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Sunbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ryland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Nicanor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Belvidere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chowan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chowan is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chowan
- Wiggins Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wiggins Crossroads is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins Crossroads
- Gatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Corapeake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Harrellsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Cisco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cisco is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Winfall
(12 miles [19.3 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 Keys Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keys Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Keys 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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keys Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keys Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keys Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Keys Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Gates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Camden County
- Chowan County
- Currituck County
- Hertford County
- Pasquotank County
- Perquimans County
- Washington County
- Chesapeake City
- Franklin City
- Isle of Wight County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- 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> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Keys Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Keys Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |