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 Lena (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 Lena. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lena is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bladen, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Robeson & Sampson.
Below are the counties that are near Lena. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lena:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Lena)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lena, with the one closest to Lena listed first.
- Judson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Judson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Ardulusa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ardulusa is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardulusa
- Vander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Stedman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
- Cumberland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fayetteville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Eastover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eastover is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
- Highland Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Holly Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lena, with the one closest to Lena listed first.
- Jerome
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Tar Heel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Ruskin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- Dublin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Yorick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Elizabethtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- White Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bladenboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lena, with the one closest to Lena listed first.
- Twin Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Overhills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Anderson Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
- Fonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Walkertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Bunnlevel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Flat Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Dunn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Erwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spout Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Grove Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lena, with the one closest to Lena listed first.
- Rockfish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Dundarrach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Gold Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Raeford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Silver City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bowmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Timberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Johnston County
- McKoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Moore County
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lena, with the one closest to Lena listed first.
- Saint Pauls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rozier Siding is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozier Siding
- Rex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Lumber Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Rennert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rennert is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Saddletree
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saddletree is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddletree
- Barker Ten Mile
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
- Shannon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Lumberton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Allenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lena, with the one closest to Lena listed first.
- Autryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Roseboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rebel City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Salemburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- McDaniels
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McDaniels is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels
- Snow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Huntley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Bonnetsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bonnetsville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnetsville
- Reynolds Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Garland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beaman Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lena, see our County-by-County Page for Lena.
Cemeteries Near Lena ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lena.
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 Lena - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lena covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lena, with the one closest to Lena listed first.
- Cogdell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union MB Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willis Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hall Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Fayetteville.
- The Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sempsey Hall Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2299856 <2>
- Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parnell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McMillan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- County Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tyson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rockfish Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Fayetteville Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McFayden Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boone Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Lena in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lena.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lena, with the one closest to Lena listed first.
- Cedar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Grays Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Creek
- Jerome
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Vander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Stedman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roslin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Roslin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Hope Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Autryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Tolarsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tolarsville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarsville
- Fayetteville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Pauls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tar Heel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hayne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hayne is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayne
- Ammon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lena. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lena.
Newspapers Published in Lena ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lena.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lena, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lena.
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 Lena:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Johnston County
- Moore County
- Robeson County
- Sampson 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lena) 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 Lena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |