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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 Lake Worth (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 Lake Worth. 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 Lake Worth ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Worth: Lk. Worth

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake Worth. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Worth.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Lake Worth is located in Dare 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 Dare County: Hyde & Tyrrell.

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

  • Dare County     (The home county of Lake Worth)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Worth, with the one closest to Lake Worth listed first.
    • Stumpy Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stumpy Point is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumpy Point
    • Wanchese
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo City is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
    • Manns Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Manteo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Raleigh City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Fort Raleigh City is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Raleigh City
    • Whalebone
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Whalebone is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whalebone
    • Chicamacomico Life Saving Station ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Rodanthe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Nags Head
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Waves
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Salvo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Currituck County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Worth, with the one closest to Lake Worth listed first.
    • Point Harbor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Harbinger
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Hyde County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Worth, with the one closest to Lake Worth listed first.
    • Engelhard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Landing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
    • White Plains
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • White Plains is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Last Chance
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Last Chance is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
    • Nebraska
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Nebraska is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
    • Mount Pleasant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Fairfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tyrrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Worth, with the one closest to Lake Worth listed first.
    • Alligator
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Alligator is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
    • Fort Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Landing is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Landing
    • New Lands
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • New Lands is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lands
    • Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Worth ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Worth.

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 Lake Worth - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Shiloh Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Fulford Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Salvo Campground Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Willis Tillett Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Cahoon Family Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Hilltop Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Baum Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Austin Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Austin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Kitty Hawk.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46759 <2>
  • Aydlett, Sawyer & Guard Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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.<3>

While we didn't find Lake Worth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Worth.

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

  • Stumpy Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Stumpy Point is located in Dare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumpy Point
  • Wanchese
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Buffalo City is located in Dare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
  • Manns Harbor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Manteo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Engelhard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • East Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • East Lake is located in Dare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
  • Mashoes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Mashoes is located in Dare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashoes
  • Rodanthe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Nags Head
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Middletown
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Middletown is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Gum Neck
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Gum Neck is located in Tyrrell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Neck
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Colington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Colington is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colington
    • Lake Landing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
    • Fort Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Landing is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Landing

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Worth ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Worth.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Worth, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Worth.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lake Worth:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 Lake Worth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Worth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.