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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 Ocean Hills (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 Ocean Hills. 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 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.

Ocean Hills is located in Currituck 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 Currituck County: Camden & Dare.

Below are the counties that are near Ocean Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ocean Hills:

  • Currituck County     (The home county of Ocean Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ocean Hills, with the one closest to Ocean Hills listed first.
    • Corolla
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Waterlily
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Waterlily is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlily
    • Aydlett
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Aydlett is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydlett
    • Coinjock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Poplar Branch
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Barco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bertha
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bertha is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
    • Maple
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Maple is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
    • Knotts Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Currituck
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jarvisburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ocean Hills, with the one closest to Ocean Hills listed first.
    • Riddle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Riddle is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
    • Alder Branch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Alder Branch is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
    • Shiloh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shiloh is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Elizabeth City Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Elizabeth City Beach is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Beach
    • Belcross
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Belcross is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
    • Camden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • South Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Dare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ocean Hills, with the one closest to Ocean Hills listed first.
    • Duck
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • George Town Sands
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • George Town Sands is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Town Sands
    • Poteskeet Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Poteskeet Village is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteskeet Village
    • Southern Shores
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Kitty Hawk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Kill Devil Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Pasquotank County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ocean Hills, with the one closest to Ocean Hills listed first.
    • Weeksville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
    • Elizabeth City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Nixonton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
  • Perquimans County
    • Woodville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodville is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Virginia Beach City (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ocean Hills, with the one closest to Ocean Hills listed first.
    • Sandbridge Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Sandbridge Beach is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandbridge Beach
    • Pungo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
    • Nimmo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Nimmo is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmo

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ocean Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Ocean Hills.

Cemeteries Near Ocean Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ocean Hills.

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 Ocean Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ocean Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ocean Hills, with the one closest to Ocean Hills listed first.

  • Walker Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gilbert Family Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Aydlett, Sawyer & Guard Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Blackwater Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Charity Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hollywood Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Austin Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Austin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Kitty Hawk.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46759 <3>
  • Moyock Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Hollywood Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • New Oak Grove Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Baum Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • West Lawn Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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 Ocean Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ocean Hills.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ocean Hills, with the one closest to Ocean Hills listed first.

  • Coinjock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Poplar Branch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Knotts Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Currituck
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jarvisburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Indiantown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Indiantown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
  • Old Trap
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Trap is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Trap
  • Shawboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Tulls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tulls is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls
  • Shiloh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Shiloh is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Snowden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Snowden is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
  • Gregory
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Gregory is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Creeds
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Creeds is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeds
    • Vine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Vine is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine
    • Belcross
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Belcross is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ocean Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ocean Hills.

Newspapers Published in Ocean Hills ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ocean Hills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ocean Hills, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ocean Hills.

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 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 Ocean Hills:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ocean Hills) 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 Ocean Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.