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 North Ridge (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 North Ridge. 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 North Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Ridge: N. Ridge
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Ridge.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
North Ridge is located in Pitt 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 Pitt County: Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Martin & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near North Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Ridge:
- Pitt County (The home county of North Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Farmville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Falkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Red Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Summerfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Renston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rountree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Ripple City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Winterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ayden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Rosedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Chocowinity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Fort Barnwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Sharp Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Cobb Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Macclesfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetops
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Conetoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Henrietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Mercer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Lancaster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Princeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Summerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Tarboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Maury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Speights Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Contentnea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hookerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Halifax County
- Hobgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Johnston County
- Kenly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jones County
- Wise Forks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Grifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tick Bite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Graingers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Fields
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Kinston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- La Grange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kinfield Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Loftins Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Albrittons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Parmele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Hassell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Bear Grass
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Everetts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Oak City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Ashburk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Cliftonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Joyners Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Winstead Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Easonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Langley Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Sandy Cross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Halifax Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- High Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- North Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Strickland Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Eureka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Saulston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Fremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pikeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Berkeley Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Elroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Walnut Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Nahunta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Goldsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Saratoga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eastwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Black Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Wilson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elm City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lucama
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Scotts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Sims
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for North Ridge.
Cemeteries Near North Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Ridge.
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 North Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eason Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Free Union Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maury Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maury Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Maury.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386125 <2>
- Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownhill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Varnell Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (112 more) ...
- Pineview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gleenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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 North Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Ridge, with the one closest to North Ridge listed first.
- Farmville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Marlboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marlboro is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
- Fieldsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Falkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Castoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Castoria is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castoria
- Lizzie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lizzie is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Speights Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Hollands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Ormondsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ormondsville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormondsville
- Renston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Saratoga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Contentnea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rountree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Old Sparta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Old Sparta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sparta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Ridge.
Newspapers Published in North Ridge ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Ridge, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Ridge.
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 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 North Ridge:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Craven County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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 North Ridge, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |