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 Oak Villa (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 Oak Villa. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Oak Villa is located in Hertford 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 Hertford County: Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Northampton & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Oak Villa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Villa:
- Hertford County (The home county of Oak Villa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Winton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Tunis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tuscarora Beach
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Cofield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Tunis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Ahoskie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Poor Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Como
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barretts Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Murfreesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Earleys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Powellsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Hexlena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Aulander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Colerain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Askewville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Kelford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Roxobel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Lewiston Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Drew
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Windsor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Edenhouse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edenhouse is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenhouse
- Edenhouse has also been known as:
- Eden House Point
- Eden House
- Edenhouse Point
- Chowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Gliden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Ryland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Center Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mavaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Edenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Eure
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roduco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- Gatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Gates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Willeyton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Mintonsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Mitchells Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mitchells Fork is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Fork
- Muddy Cross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Hobbsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Sunbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Halifax County
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Pendleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Woodland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Severn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Conway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Potecasi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Eagletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Lasker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Rich Square
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Seaboard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Perquimans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Snow Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Belvidere
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nicanor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Winfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Yeopim Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
- Yeopim Station has also been known as:
- Yeopim
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Hertford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Isle of Wight County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Carrsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Walters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Statesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Sunbeam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Kingsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Delaware
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Handsom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Newsoms
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Watkins Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Corner
- Boykins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Shiloh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Cypress Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Pittmantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Oak Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Whaleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Whaley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Manning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Kilby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Villa, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Villa.
Cemeteries Near Oak Villa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Villa.
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 Oak Villa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Villa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Brinkley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brantley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willoughby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Askew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Britt - Benthall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brown Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Stony Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Oak Villa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Villa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Villa, with the one closest to Oak Villa listed first.
- Winton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Tunis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tunis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Ahoskie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eure
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Saint John
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Earleys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Como
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harrellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Murfreesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Menola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Powellsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Villa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Villa.
Newspapers Published in Oak Villa ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Villa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Villa, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Villa.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Oak Villa:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Hertford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Chowan County
- Gates County
- Halifax County
- Northampton County
- Perquimans County
- Franklin City
- Isle of Wight County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Villa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Oak Villa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |