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 Morrisville (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 Morrisville. 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 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.
Morrisville is primarily located in Durham County. A portion of Morrisville extends into Wake 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 Durham County: Chatham, Granville, Orange, Person & Wake.
Below are the counties that are near Morrisville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morrisville:
- Durham County (The home county of Morrisville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Nelson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Parkwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Brassfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gorman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- The American Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Bahama
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Rougemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Mandale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Eli Whitney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Saxapahaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sutphin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Buena Vista Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Mebane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Hawfields
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Melville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Stagecoach Trail
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Cary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Haywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Moncure
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brickhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Corinth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Pittsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Wake Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Youngsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Franklinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Butner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Creedmoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Mount Energy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Hester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Wilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Stem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Tar River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Duncan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Duncan is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Rawls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Cokesbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Chalybeate Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Angier
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kipling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Barclaysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Cape Fear
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Luart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Luart is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luart
- Boone Trail
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Boone Trail is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Trail
- Buies Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mamers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mamers is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mamers
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Clayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Archer Lodge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Osgood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Colon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Broadway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
- San-Lee Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
- Cumnock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumnock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
- Green Valley Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Sanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Davie Circle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Davie Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Summerfield Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Crossing
- Tenney Circle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tenney Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenney Circle
- Chapel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bolus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bolus is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bolus
- Oak Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Dogwood Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
- Ashley Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Forest
- Carolwoods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carolwoods is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolwoods
- Cedar Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Lake Ellen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Ellen is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
- Person County
- Moriah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Hazelwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Dutchess Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Indian Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Meredith Townes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Pickwick Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Apex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Method
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Glenwood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Woodbury Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- Fairmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairmont is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Raleigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morrisville, see our County-by-County Page for Morrisville.
Cemeteries Near Morrisville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morrisville.
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 Morrisville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morrisville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Hill Crest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Raleigh Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer AME Zion Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glenview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (146 more) ...
- Beechwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Morrisville had a population of 149 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Morrisville had a population of 30,495 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
- Cary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Asbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Brassfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Apex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Method
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Six Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Six Forks is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Forks
- New Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Raleigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Millbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chapel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Banks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Banks is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Garner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morrisville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morrisville.
Newspapers Published in Morrisville ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morrisville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morrisville, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morrisville.
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 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 Morrisville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Durham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Chatham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Harnett County
- Johnston County
- Lee County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Wake 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> | 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 Morrisville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Morrisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |