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 Liddell (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 Liddell. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Liddell is located in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County: Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Liddell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liddell:
- Lenoir County (The home county of Liddell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Deep Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Albrittons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Fields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- La Grange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pink Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loftins Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Kinston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kinfield Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Graingers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Tick Bite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Cove City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Fort Barnwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Gradys Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Drummersville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Outlaws Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Albertson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Herrings Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Blizzards Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Resaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Scotts Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Kornegay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kornegay is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornegay
- Hills Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Red Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Jason
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Glenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hookerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Maury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Speights Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Rains Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hargetts Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Shady Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Wise Forks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Taylors Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Combs Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Sassers Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Comfort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Phillips Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Pollocks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Trenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Huffmantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Richlands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Mill Pond Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Quinerly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Rountree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Ayden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Renston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Turkey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Moltonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
- Keener
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Newton Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Seven Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Elroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Berkeley Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Brogden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Dudley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Goldsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Mar-Mac
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Saulston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Wilson County
- Stantonsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liddell, see our County-by-County Page for Liddell.
Cemeteries Near Liddell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liddell.
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 Liddell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liddell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Arnett - Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hardy Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hardy Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Albertson.
- The Hardy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adolphus Hardy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279877 <3>
- George W. Rouse Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ben Hines Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Isaac Hines / Liddell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wiley Rouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stroud Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gradys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harper - Southerland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (104 more) ...
- Humphrey - Harper Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- George W. Holland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Liddell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liddell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liddell, with the one closest to Liddell listed first.
- Strabane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Outlaws Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Albertson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Seven Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Resaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Fields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Falling Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- La Grange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Best
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Elroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sarecta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sarecta is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarecta
- Institute
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Institute is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
- Kinston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liddell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liddell.
Newspapers Published in Liddell ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liddell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liddell, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liddell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Liddell:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Lenoir County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Onslow County
- Pitt County
- Sampson County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Liddell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Liddell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |