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 Mud Castle (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 Mud Castle. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Mud Castle is located in Northampton 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 Northampton County: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Warren, Brunswick (VA), Greensville (VA) & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Mud Castle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mud Castle:
- Northampton County (The home county of Mud Castle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Garysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seaboard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lasker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Margarettsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Rich Square
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Conway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Woodland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eagletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Pendleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Roxobel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Aulander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Hexlena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Whitakers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gethsemane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Lawrence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Battleboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leggett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Speed
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Hartsease
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Hope Lodge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Halifax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Weldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Tillery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Roanoke Rapids
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- South Rosemary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Heathsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Enfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland Neck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Airlie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Brinkleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Menola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Murfreesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Poor Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Earleys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Ahoskie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Como
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Martin County
- Oak City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Taylor Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Hickory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aventon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Drake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Hilliardston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Dortches
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- North Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Red Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Arcola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Vaughan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Church Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Ante
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Gasburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ankum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Powellton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Totaro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Gholsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Ezell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Emporia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Skippers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Claresville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Radium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Radium is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Little Texas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Branchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Koskoo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Adams Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Boykins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Drewryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newsoms
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Statesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Capron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Worrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Grizzard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mud Castle, see our County-by-County Page for Mud Castle.
Cemeteries Near Mud Castle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mud Castle.
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 Mud Castle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mud Castle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hales Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crestview Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedarwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Roanoke Rapids.
- The Cedarwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47078 <2>
- Overstreet Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westray Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Thomas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Wyche Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vincent Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Massey 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.<3>
While we didn't find Mud Castle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mud Castle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mud Castle, with the one closest to Mud Castle listed first.
- Halifax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ruggles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruggles is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Gumberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Tillery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Seaboard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Lasker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Creeksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Creeksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
- Heathsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Enfield
(15 miles [24.1 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 Mud Castle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mud Castle.
Newspapers Published in Mud Castle ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mud Castle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mud Castle, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mud Castle.
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 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 Mud Castle:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Northampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Warren County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Southampton County
- Sussex 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 Mud Castle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mud Castle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |