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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 Lewters Crossroad (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 Lewters Crossroad. 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 Lewters Crossroad ...
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 Lewters Crossroad: Lewters Xrd.
- While the name of this community is Lewters Crossroad, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lewters Crossroad may originally have been Lewter's Crossroad.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lewters Crossroad might be written as Lewter Crossroad.
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 northeast 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 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.
Lewters Crossroad 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 Lewters Crossroad. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lewters Crossroad:
- Northampton County (The home county of Lewters Crossroad)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Severn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pendleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Conway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Margarettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Potecasi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Seaboard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lasker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Woodland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Square
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Eagletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Roxobel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Aulander
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Kelford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Hexlena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Powellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Eure
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Roduco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- Reynoldson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- White Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Gates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gatesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Willeyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- South Weldon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tillery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roanoke Rapids
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- South Rosemary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Allen Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Scotland Neck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Braswells Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Murfreesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barretts Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Como
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Menola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Winton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarora Beach
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Poor Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Ahoskie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cofield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Earleys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- South Tunis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tunis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Ante
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Totaro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Emporia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Claresville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jarratt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Radium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Isle of Wight County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Carrsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Walters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Branchville
(4 miles [6.4 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Little Texas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Koskoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Statesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Newsoms
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Capron
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Drewryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Adams Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Handsom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Pittmantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Oak Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Holland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Grizzard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Yale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Sussex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lewters Crossroad, see our County-by-County Page for Lewters Crossroad.
Cemeteries Near Lewters Crossroad ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewters Crossroad.
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 Lewters Crossroad - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lewters Crossroad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vann Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker - Murfee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gray Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (125 more) ...
- Mt. Table Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blackjack Oak Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Oak Cemetery
- The Blackjack Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Oak Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 Lewters Crossroad in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lewters Crossroad.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lewters Crossroad, with the one closest to Lewters Crossroad listed first.
- Pendleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Severn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Conway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Branchville
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Margarettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Milwaukee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Boykins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Creeksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Creeksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
- Potecasi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Koskoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Murfreesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seaboard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lasker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Newsoms
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lewters Crossroad. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lewters Crossroad.
Newspapers Published in Lewters Crossroad ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewters Crossroad.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lewters Crossroad, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lewters Crossroad.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Lewters Crossroad:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Northampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Gates County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Isle of Wight County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Sussex 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Lewters Crossroad) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lewters Crossroad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |