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 Morgans Corners (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 Morgans Corners. 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 Morgans Corners ...
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 Morgans Corners: Morgans Cors.
- While the name of this community is Morgans Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Morgans Corners may originally have been Morgan's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Morgans Corners might be written as Morgan Corners.
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 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.
Morgans Corners is located in Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank County: Camden, Gates & Perquimans.
Below are the counties that are near Morgans Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morgans Corners:
- Pasquotank County (The home county of Morgans Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Elizabeth City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nixonton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
- Weeksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
- Bertie County
- Colerain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- South Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Belcross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belcross is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth City Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth City Beach is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Beach
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Riddle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riddle is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Alder Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alder Branch is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
- Chowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Gliden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Ryland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Center Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mavaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Edenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Currituck County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Moyock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snowden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Snowden is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Shawboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tulls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tulls is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls
- Currituck
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Maple
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Maple is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Barco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coinjock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Knotts Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Waterlily
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Waterlily is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlily
- Aydlett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aydlett is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydlett
- Bertha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bertha is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Acorn Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Acorn Hill is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Hill
- Holly Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Corapeake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hobbsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Savage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Savage is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Sunbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Muddy Cross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Mintonsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Mitchells Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mitchells Fork is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Fork
- Gatesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Willeyton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Gates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Harrellsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- South Tunis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tunis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Perquimans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Nicanor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Belvidere
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Winfall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hertford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Burgess
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burgess is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Yeopim Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
- Yeopim Station has also been known as:
- Yeopim
- Snug Harbor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Snug Harbor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Chesapeake City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Chesapeake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Charlton Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Charlton Village is located in Chesapeake City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Village
- Norfolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- New Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Norfolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Alantic City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alantic City is located in Norfolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alantic City
- Norfolk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Portsmouth City (VA)
- Portsmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Whaley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Russell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Whaleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Manning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Suffolk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kilby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Wilroy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
- Shoulders Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
- Pittmantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Driver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Holland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Virginia Beach City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Westview Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westview Village is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Village
- Pungo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
- Kempsville Gardens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kempsville Gardens is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempsville Gardens
- Mapleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Nimmo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmo is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morgans Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Morgans Corners.
Cemeteries Near Morgans Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morgans Corners.
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 Morgans Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morgans Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Up River Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- William G. Wood Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Porters Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Oak Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hollywood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riddick Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Moyock Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Northwest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (91 more) ...
- Wallaceton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Riddicks Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Family Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Morgans Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morgans Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morgans Corners, with the one closest to Morgans Corners listed first.
- South Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Nicanor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Okisko
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Okisko is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okisko
- Pasquotank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pasquotank is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasquotank
- Elizabeth City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Cross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Chapanoke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chapanoke is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapanoke
- Belcross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belcross is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Gregory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gregory is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Moyock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Snowden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Snowden is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Hobbsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Belvidere
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morgans Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morgans Corners.
Newspapers Published in Morgans Corners ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morgans Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morgans Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morgans Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Morgans Corners:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pasquotank County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Camden County
- Chowan County
- Currituck County
- Gates County
- Hertford County
- Perquimans County
- Chesapeake City
- Norfolk City
- Portsmouth City
- Suffolk City
- Virginia Beach City
- 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 '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- Morgans Corners) 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 Morgans Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |