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 Norfleet (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 Norfleet. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Norfleet is located in Halifax 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 Halifax County: Bertie, Edgecombe, Franklin, Martin, Nash, Northampton & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Norfleet. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Norfleet:
- Halifax County (The home county of Norfleet)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Palmyra
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Braswells Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Scotland Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hobgood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Roseneath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Tillery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Enfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Allen Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- South Weldon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heathsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Roanoke Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Kelford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Roxobel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Aulander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Hexlena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Drew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Askewville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Powellsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Windsor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Colerain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Merry Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Speed
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Speed is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Coakley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Leggett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Hope Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Gethsemane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Princeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Tarboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Whitakers
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Conetoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Hartsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Menola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Earleys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Poor Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Ahoskie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Murfreesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Cofield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Winton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarora Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Tunis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Como
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrellsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Oak City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hamilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hassell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Gold Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Everetts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Parmele
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Williamston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Grass
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Taylor Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Hickory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Drake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Gold Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Rich Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eagletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lasker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Conway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pendleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Seaboard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Garysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Severn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Margarettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakley is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Whitehurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Congleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Congleton is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congleton
- Stokes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stokes is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Whichard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whichard is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whichard
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Branchville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Boykins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Statesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Norfleet, see our County-by-County Page for Norfleet.
Cemeteries Near Norfleet ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norfleet.
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 Norfleet - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Norfleet covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Charleston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norfleet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dorsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hyman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roxobel - Kelford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Staton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scotland Neck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (141 more) ...
- Harman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hoggard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rea Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Norfleet had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Norfleet, with the one closest to Norfleet listed first.
- Kelford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Palmyra
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Roxobel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Scotland Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Hobgood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Eagletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Rich Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Conoho
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Conoho is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conoho
- Aulander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Tillery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Rehoboth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Lasker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Norfleet. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norfleet.
Newspapers Published in Norfleet ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norfleet.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norfleet, 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 Norfleet.
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 helpful 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 Norfleet:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Halifax County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Pitt County
- Southampton 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 Norfleet, 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' (or 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- Norfleet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |