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 Knotts 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 Knotts 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 Knotts 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 Knotts Crossroads: Knotts Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Knotts Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Knotts Crossroads may originally have been Knott's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Knotts Crossroads might be written as Knott 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 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.
Knotts 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 Knotts Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knotts Crossroads:
- Vance County (The home county of Knotts Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Dabney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Henderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Henderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Middleburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Adcock Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Drewry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Bear Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Gillburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Kittrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bobbitt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Bahama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rougemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Lake View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Alert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Ingleside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Franklinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Katesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Louisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Youngsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Mapleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- White Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Wake Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Stovall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Gela
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Bullock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Townsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport
(12 miles [19.3 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Berea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Tar River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Wilbourns
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Moriah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Allensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Mount Tirzah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Timberlake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Roxboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Whitt Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Allens Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Hicks Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Ceffo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Roseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Stony Hill
(30 miles [48.3 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 Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Manson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Soul City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Afton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Norlina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warren Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Warrenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wise
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Lickskillet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Macon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Church Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Vaughan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fluvanna County (VA)
- Scottsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Virgilina
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Mayo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Omega
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Cluster Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Harmony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- South Boston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Shiny Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Mill Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Averett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Henrico
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Clarksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cusco Willa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Finchley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Jeffress
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Palmer Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Boydton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Skipwith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Orgainville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knotts Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Knotts Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Knotts Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knotts 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 Knotts Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knotts Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- John Penns Grave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crews Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alpha Omega Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blacknall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plummer Cheatham Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- State Line Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (164 more) ...
- New Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Level UCC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burnette Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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 Knotts Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knotts Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Knotts Crossroads listed first.
- Dexter
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dexter is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Dabney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Huntsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsboro is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsboro
- Stovall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Lewis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lewis is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Bullock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Townsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Watkins is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Greystone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greystone is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Brookston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brookston is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Middleburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Soudan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Soudan is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudan
- Satterwhite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Satterwhite is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterwhite
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knotts Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knotts Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Knotts 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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knotts Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knotts 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 Knotts 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 either 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 Knotts Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Vance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Person County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Fluvanna 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 from Point A (ie- Knotts 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 Knotts Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |