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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 Matthews 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 Matthews 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 Matthews 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Matthews Crossroads: Matthews Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Matthews Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Matthews Crossroads may originally have been Matthew's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Matthews Crossroads might be written as Matthew Crossroads.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash 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 Nash County: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Matthews Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Matthews Crossroads:
- Nash County (The home county of Matthews Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Castalia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lancaster Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dukes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Taylors Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Oakland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Corinth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Edwards Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Bass Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Mays Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Hilliardston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Momeyer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Momeyer is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momeyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Hunts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Batchelor Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Rocky Mount
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Battleboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitakers
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Hartsease
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Lancaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Hartsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Mercer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Leggett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Summerfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Henrietta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- White Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Mapleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Bunn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Louisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sutton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Ingleside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Lake View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Katesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Franklinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Youngsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wake Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Fairport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Wilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Hollister
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ringwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Brinkleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Airlie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Heathsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Enfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Littleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Allen Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Johnston County
- Stancils Chapel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Bobbitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Gillburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Adcock Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Bear Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Kittrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Henderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Zebulon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rolesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wendell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Forestville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Wyatt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Lickskillet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Arcola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Afton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Warrenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Vaughan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Macon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norlina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Warren Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Soul City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Church Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Manson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Sims
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elm City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eastwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Scotts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Lucama
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Black Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Matthews Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Matthews Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Matthews Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Matthews 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 Matthews Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Matthews Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Hedgepeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leonard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boseman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Enroughty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Matthews Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Matthews Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Matthews Crossroads, with the one closest to Matthews Crossroads listed first.
- Castalia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Dukes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Oakland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Hunts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Hilliardston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Nashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Justice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Spring Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Ita
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ita is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ita
- Mapleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Laurel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Gold Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stanhope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Matthews Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Matthews Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Matthews 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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Matthews Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Matthews Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Matthews Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Matthews Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Nash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wilson 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> | 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 Matthews Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Matthews Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |