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 Kilkenny (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 Kilkenny. 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 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.

Kilkenny is located in Tyrrell County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tyrrell County: Dare, Hyde & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Kilkenny. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kilkenny:

• Tyrrell County     (The home county of Kilkenny)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kilkenny, with the one closest to Kilkenny listed first.
  • New Lands
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lands
    • New Lands is located in Tyrrell County
  • Alligator
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
    • Alligator is located in Tyrrell County
  • Columbia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Columbia is located in Tyrrell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <2>
  • Fort Landing
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Landing
    • Fort Landing is located in Tyrrell County
• Beaufort County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kilkenny, with the one closest to Kilkenny listed first.
  • Pungo
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pungo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
    • Pungo is located in Beaufort County
  • Union Grove
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
  • Belhaven
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belhaven
    • Belhaven is located in Beaufort County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belhaven <2>
  • Pantego
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pantego have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
    • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Ransomville
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
    • Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
  • Gaylord
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaylord have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
    • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
• Dare County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kilkenny, with the one closest to Kilkenny listed first.
  • Buffalo City
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
    • Buffalo City is located in Dare County
  • Stumpy Point
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stumpy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumpy Point
    • Stumpy Point is located in Dare County
  • Manns Harbor
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manns Harbor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Harbor
    • Manns Harbor is located in Dare County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manns Harbor <2>
• Hyde County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kilkenny, with the one closest to Kilkenny listed first.
  • Fairfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Fairfield is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <2>
  • Lake Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lake Landing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
    • Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
  • Last Chance
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
    • Last Chance is located in Hyde County
  • Mount Olive
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
  • Engelhard
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engelhard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engelhard
    • Engelhard is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Engelhard <2>
  • Nebraska
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nebraska. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
    • Nebraska is located in Hyde County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Pleasant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Hyde County
  • White Plains
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for White Plains. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • White Plains is located in Hyde County
  • Scranton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scranton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
    • Scranton is located in Hyde County
  • Swan Quarter
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Quarter
    • Swan Quarter is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan Quarter <2>
  • Sladesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sladesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
    • Sladesville is located in Hyde County
• Pamlico County
  • Lowland
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
    • Lowland is located in Pamlico County
• Washington County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kilkenny, with the one closest to Kilkenny listed first.
  • Creswell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creswell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
    • Creswell is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creswell <2>
  • Wenona
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
    • Wenona is located in Washington County
  • Pea Ridge
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
    • Pea Ridge is located in Washington County
  • Skinnersville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnersville
    • Skinnersville is located in Washington County
  • Roper
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Roper is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roper <2>
  • Monticello ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Monticello is located in Washington County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kilkenny, see our County-by-County Page for Kilkenny.

Cemeteries Near Kilkenny ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kilkenny.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kilkenny covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kilkenny, with the one closest to Kilkenny listed first.

• Cahoon Family Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cahoon Family Cemetery
  • The Cahoon Family Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Abel Cahoon Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2517823 <4>
• Donald Farm Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Donald Farm Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Donald Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Soule Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soule Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soule Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Fulford Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulford Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Pettigrew Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pettigrew Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pettigrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Azalia Garden Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Azalia Garden Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Azalia Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Thomas S. Woodley Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas S. Woodley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2590366 <4>
• Oddfellows Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oddfellows Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oddfellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Oddfellows Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oddfellows Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oddfellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Shiloh Church Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Church Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Luke Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Luke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Kilkenny in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kilkenny.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Kilkenny, with the one closest to Kilkenny listed first.

• Fairfield
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Fairfield is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <2>
• Gum Neck
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Neck
  • Gum Neck is located in Tyrrell County
• Lake Landing
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lake Landing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
  • Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
• Middletown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Hyde County
• Engelhard
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engelhard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engelhard
  • Engelhard is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Engelhard <2>
• Leechville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leechville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
  • Leechville is located in Beaufort County
• Scranton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scranton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
  • Scranton is located in Hyde County
• Swan Quarter
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Quarter
  • Swan Quarter is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan Quarter <2>
• Creswell
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creswell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
  • Creswell is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creswell <2>
• Sladesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sladesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
  • Sladesville is located in Hyde County
• Columbia
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
  • Columbia is located in Tyrrell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <2>
• Buffalo City
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
  • Buffalo City is located in Dare County
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  • Makleyville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Makleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makleyville
    • Makleyville is located in Hyde County
  • East Lake
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • East Lake is located in Dare County
  • Fort Landing
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Landing
    • Fort Landing is located in Tyrrell County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kilkenny. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kilkenny.

Newspapers Published in Kilkenny ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kilkenny.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kilkenny, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kilkenny.

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 Kilkenny:

• Websites specific to North Carolina
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //archives.ncdcr.gov/

• Pages specific to Tyrrell County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Beaufort County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Dare County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Hyde County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Pamlico County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Washington County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of North Carolina
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of North Carolina
  • Cemeteries of Tyrrell County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of North Carolina
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of North Carolina

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kilkenny. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/