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 Monks 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 Monks 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 Monks 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 Monks Crossroads: Monks Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Monks Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Monks Crossroads may originally have been Monk's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Monks Crossroads might be written as Monk 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 southwest 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 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.
Monks Crossroads is located in Sampson 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 Sampson County: Bladen, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Johnston, Pender & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Monks Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monks Crossroads:
- Sampson County (The home county of Monks Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monks Crossroads, with the one closest to Monks Crossroads listed first.
- Newton Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blackmans Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Vann Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Keener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Beaman Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Spiveys Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Kitty Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Reynolds Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Plain View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Huntley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rebel City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Bonnetsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bonnetsville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnetsville
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monks Crossroads, with the one closest to Monks Crossroads listed first.
- Falcon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Falcon is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Godwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Linden
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stedman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eastover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eastover is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
- Vander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Judson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Judson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monks Crossroads, with the one closest to Monks Crossroads listed first.
- Faison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calypso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Bowdens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdens is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdens
- Beautancus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Baltic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baltic is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Friendship
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Warsaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Everton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Everton is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Carroll
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Hills Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Summerlins Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Westbrook Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westbrook Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Crossroads
- Blizzards Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monks Crossroads, with the one closest to Monks Crossroads listed first.
- Dunn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lakeside Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Westhaven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Erwin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Coats
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bunnlevel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Fonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Buies Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barclaysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Harnett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harnett is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnett
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monks Crossroads, with the one closest to Monks Crossroads listed first.
- Harper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- McKoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Bentonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Peacocks Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Allens Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Four Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Benson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smithfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Pine Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Selma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Smithfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monks Crossroads, with the one closest to Monks Crossroads listed first.
- Grantham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dudley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Raynor Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Brogden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Genoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Mar-Mac Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Goldsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Elroy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Nahunta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Seven Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monks Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Monks Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Monks Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monks 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 Monks Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monks Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monks Crossroads, with the one closest to Monks Crossroads listed first.
- Piney Green Disciples Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Festus Sutton Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Field Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Barefoot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cole Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Phillips Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barefoot Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Josiah Eldridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose - Barefoot Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose - Barefoot Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose - Barefoot Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Newton Grove.
- The Rose - Barefoot Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benjamin Bryan Rose Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2385075 <4>
- Keener Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alfred Altman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- McCullen Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bentonville National Battlefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville National Battlefield
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bentonville National Battlefield is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Newton Grove.
- The Bentonville National Battlefield has also been known as:
- Confederate Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142214 <4>
- Harper Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Monks Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monks Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monks Crossroads, with the one closest to Monks Crossroads listed first.
- Newton Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blackmans Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Dobbersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dobbersville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbersville
- Keener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Harper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Beaman Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Timothy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Timothy is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- McKoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Bentonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Faison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huntley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Mingo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mingo is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elliott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monks Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monks Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Monks 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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monks Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monks Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monks Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Monks Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Sampson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Duplin County
- Harnett County
- Johnston County
- Wayne 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Monks 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 Monks Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |