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 Mildred (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 Mildred. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Mildred is located in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County: Halifax, Martin, Nash, Pitt & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Mildred. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mildred:
- Edgecombe County (The home county of Mildred)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Conetoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Princeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Tarboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hope Lodge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Henrietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Coakley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Summerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Speed
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Hartsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Pinetops
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Beaufort County
- Rosedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Lewiston Woodville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Kelford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Drew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Roxobel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Speights Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Maury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Contentnea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Hookerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Hobgood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Roseneath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Braswells Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Scotland Neck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tillery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Parmele
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Hassell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Gold Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Robersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oak City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Everetts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hamilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Grass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Williamston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- North Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Ashburk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Easonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Joyners Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Drake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Halifax Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Dortches
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Gold Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Langley Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Westry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Winstead Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Falkland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Whitehurst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Oakley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakley is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Fountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Congleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Congleton is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congleton
- House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Stokes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stokes is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ripple City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Whichard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whichard is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whichard
- Farmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Wayne County
- Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Saratoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eastwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Stantonsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Black Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Mildred, see our County-by-County Page for Mildred.
Cemeteries Near Mildred ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mildred.
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 Mildred - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mildred covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Princeville Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dancy Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgecombe Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eastlawn Memorial Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlawn Memorial Garden
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastlawn Memorial Garden is located outside and to the northeast of Tarboro.
- The Eastlawn Memorial Garden has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164807 <2>
- Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- County Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henry W. Martin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Henry W. Martin Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry W. Martin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henry W. Martin Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Bethel.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2459327 <2>
- Pineview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manning Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Harrison Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hyde Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bulluck Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Mildred had a population of 81 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Conetoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Tarboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Sparta
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Sparta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sparta
- Coakley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hollands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Hartsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Falkland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Parmele
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Leggett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Lawrence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Penelo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Penelo is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelo
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saint Lewis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Lewis is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lewis
- Hassell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Robersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mildred. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mildred.
Newspapers Published in Mildred ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mildred.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mildred, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mildred.
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 Mildred:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Edgecombe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Bertie County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Pitt 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> | 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- Mildred) 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 Mildred, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |