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 Marines (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 Marines. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Marines is located in Onslow 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 Onslow County: Carteret, Duplin, Jones & Pender.
Below are the counties that are near Marines. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marines:
- Onslow County (The home county of Marines)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marines, with the one closest to Marines listed first.
- Peru
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peru is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Sneads Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Topsail Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Watkins Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Village
- Folkstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Folkstone is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folkstone
- Piney Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Piney Green is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Green
- Midway Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean City Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean City Beach is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City Beach
- Aragona Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Jacksonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hubert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marines, with the one closest to Marines listed first.
- Cedar Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stella
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald Isle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cape Carteret
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kuhns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Peletier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peletier is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Bogue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Broad Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Broad Creek is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
- Indian Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Salter Path
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marines, with the one closest to Marines listed first.
- Cypress Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Creek is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Fountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Pin Hook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Hook is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Sholars Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sholars Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sholars Crossroads
- Cedar Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Maready
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maready is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maready
- Lyman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lyman is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Quinns Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quinns Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinns Store
- Sloan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sloan is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hadley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marines, with the one closest to Marines listed first.
- Maysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chadwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Ravenswood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Comfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Olivers Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Olivers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Pollocksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Hanover County
- Kirkland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkland is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Pender County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marines, with the one closest to Marines listed first.
- Maple Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Kings Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Landing is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Topsail Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Topsail
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Topsail is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsail
- Hampstead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Murray Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Murray Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marines, see our County-by-County Page for Marines.
Cemeteries Near Marines ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marines.
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 Marines - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marines covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marines, with the one closest to Marines listed first.
- Oak Grove UMC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Montford Point Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montford Point Cemetery
- The Montford Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Montford Point Federal Cemetery
- Montford Point National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169801 <3>
- Jacksonville City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Onslow Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maides Family Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- John E. Steed Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Koonce Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvester Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Adron Hill Whaley Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Albert W. Lanier Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Abner Ervin Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benjamin Bryan Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Bryan Cemetery
- The Benjamin Bryan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bryan Cemetery
- Ashe Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Marines had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marines, with the one closest to Marines listed first.
- Sneads Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Duck Creek is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Holly Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hubert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tar Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tar Landing is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Landing
- Swansboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cyrus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cyrus is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrus
- Cedar Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Angola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Angola is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
- Stella
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bogue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Catherine Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Gum Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marines. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marines.
Newspapers Published in Marines ...
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 Marines.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marines, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marines.
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 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 Marines:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Onslow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carteret County
- Duplin County
- Jones County
- New Hanover County
- Pender 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Marines) 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 Marines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |