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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 Mitchiners 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 Mitchiners 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 Mitchiners 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 Mitchiners Crossroads: Mitchiners Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Mitchiners Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mitchiners Crossroads may originally have been Mitchiner's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mitchiners Crossroads might be written as Mitchiner 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.
Mitchiners Crossroads is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Wake & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Mitchiners Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mitchiners Crossroads:
- Franklin County (The home county of Mitchiners Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Katesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Franklinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Louisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ingleside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Youngsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Lake View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Alert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Wake Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Bunn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Gorman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Hampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Bahama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brassfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Durham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Rougemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Fairport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Wilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Clay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Mount Energy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Tar River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Hester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Creedmoor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Providence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Lyons
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Stem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Butner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Hollister
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ringwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Johnston County
- Archer Lodge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Lancaster Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hunts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Mays Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Castalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Edwards Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Bass Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Matthews Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Rocky Cross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Momeyer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Momeyer is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momeyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Murraytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Moriah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Mount Tirzah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Bobbitt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Bear Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gillburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- South Henderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Adcock Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Henderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dabney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Flat Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Middleburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Drewry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Forestville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- New Light
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Rolesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stony Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Wyatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Neuse Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Neuse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Brentwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Millbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Lickskillet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Afton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Soul City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Manson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warrenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Norlina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Warren Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Rose Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Macon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mitchiners Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Mitchiners Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Mitchiners Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mitchiners 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 Mitchiners Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mitchiners Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Allen C. Perry Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fair View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Confederate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jess Kittrell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Memory Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Forest Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wyche Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (138 more) ...
- Thompson Mill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rolesville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stallings Memorial Park
(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 Mitchiners Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mitchiners Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mitchiners Crossroads, with the one closest to Mitchiners Crossroads listed first.
- Katesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Franklinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Louisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Letha ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Letha is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letha
- Bobbitt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Ingleside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Royal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Kittrell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pocomoke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pocomoke is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocomoke
- Youngsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moulton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Mapleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Epsom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Epsom is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Gillburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Wilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mitchiners Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mitchiners Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Mitchiners 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 Mitchiners Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mitchiners Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mitchiners 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 Mitchiners Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Nash County
- Person County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren 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> | 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- Mitchiners Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Mitchiners Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |