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 Lassiter 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 Lassiter 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 Lassiter 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lassiter Crossroads: Lassiter Xrds.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lassiter Crossroads is located in Northampton 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 Northampton County: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Warren, Brunswick (VA), Greensville (VA) & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Lassiter Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lassiter Crossroads:
- Northampton County (The home county of Lassiter Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Lasker
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Woodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Conway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eagletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Pendleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Margarettsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Severn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Seaboard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Roxobel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Aulander
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Hexlena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Powellsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Drew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Askewville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Lawrence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Speed
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Gethsemane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Whitakers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leggett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Eure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roduco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- White Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Gatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Tillery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Weldon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Scotland Neck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Weldon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Allen Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Braswells Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Roanoke Rapids
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Roseneath
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- South Rosemary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Enfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Menola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Murfreesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Poor Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Earleys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Ahoskie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Como
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Winton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cofield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Tuscarora Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- South Tunis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tunis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Harrellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Oak City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nash County
- Taylor Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Brunswick County (VA)
- Ante
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Emporia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- White City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Claresville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Radium
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Branchville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Boykins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Little Texas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Statesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Koskoo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Newsoms
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Sunbeam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Adams Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Riverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Drewryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Capron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Capron is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Handsom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Suffolk City (VA)
- Pittmantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Grizzard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lassiter Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Lassiter Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Lassiter Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lassiter 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 Lassiter Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lassiter Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Vann Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rea Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barden Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Phillips Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Gilbert Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norfleet Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roxobel - Kelford Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eastview Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Britt - Benthall Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Lassiter Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lassiter Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lassiter Crossroads, with the one closest to Lassiter Crossroads listed first.
- Lasker
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Creeksville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Creeksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
- Potecasi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Rehoboth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Milwaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Woodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rich Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Conway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eagletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Pendleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Menola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Margarettsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Severn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Seaboard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lassiter Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lassiter Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Lassiter 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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lassiter Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lassiter Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lassiter Crossroads.
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 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 Lassiter Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Northampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Gates County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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> | 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- Lassiter Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Lassiter Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |