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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 Kirbys Crossing (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 Kirbys Crossing. 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 Kirbys Crossing ...
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 Kirbys Crossing: Kirbys Xing.
- While the name of this community is Kirbys Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kirbys Crossing may originally have been Kirby's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kirbys Crossing might be written as Kirby Crossing.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kirbys Crossing is located in Wilson 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 Wilson County: Edgecombe, Greene, Johnston, Nash, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Kirbys Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kirbys Crossing:
- Wilson County (The home county of Kirbys Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Lucama
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Black Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Sims
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Spring Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Stantonsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saratoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macclesfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Mercer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Cobb Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Pinetops
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Sutton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Contentnea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Walstonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Jason
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Snow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Glenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Kenly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Rains Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Stancils Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Princeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson's Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Archer Lodge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- La Grange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Bailey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Middlesex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Cliftonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Floods Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Samaria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Stanhope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Strickland Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Murraytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Union Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Frazier Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Fountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Farmville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Newton Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Wendell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Knightdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Emerald Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Rolesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skycrest Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Timberlake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Garner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Nahunta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Fremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Raynor Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Goldsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saulston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Mar-Mac Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Genoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Berkeley Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Elroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Brogden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kirbys Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Kirbys Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Kirbys Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirbys Crossing.
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 Kirbys Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kirbys Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Jordan Godwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
- The Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Woodard Cemetery
- Shoeheel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hinnant Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnant Family Cemetery
- The Hinnant Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Needham B. Hinnant Family Cemetery
- Edgerton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hicks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hicks Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Stancils Chapel.
- The Hicks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hicks Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524837 <4>
- Holloman Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloman Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holloman Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Pine Level.
- The Holloman Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- George B. Holloman Family Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Church of Christ Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Batten Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Batten Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Kirbys Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kirbys Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kirbys Crossing, with the one closest to Kirbys Crossing listed first.
- Kenly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bagley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Lucama
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pinkney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Micro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Fremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Connor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Princeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pikeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oliver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kirbys Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirbys Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Kirbys Crossing ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirbys Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirbys Crossing, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kirbys Crossing.
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 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 Kirbys Crossing:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Sampson County
- Wake County
- Wayne 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kirbys Crossing) 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 Kirbys Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |