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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 Ogburns Crossroads (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 Ogburns Crossroads. 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 Ogburns Crossroads ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Ogburns Crossroads: Ogburns Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Ogburns Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Ogburns Crossroads may originally have been Ogburn's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Ogburns Crossroads might be written as Ogburn Crossroads.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Ogburns Crossroads is located in Guilford 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 Guilford County: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes.
Below are the counties that are near Ogburns Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ogburns Crossroads:
- Guilford County (The home county of Ogburns Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Summerfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stokesdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Scalesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Oak Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford College
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Spicewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Colfax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Rudd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Sandy Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Altamahaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Ossipee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Glenwood Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Westbrook Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Westbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westbrook is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Clover Garden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Sherwood Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Country Club Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
- Elon College
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Mark View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Random Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Quick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Locust Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Stony Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Jericho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Pelham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Wallburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Thomasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Fair Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Eden ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Welcome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Pine Knolls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Belews Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Stonewood Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Bonanza Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Crims Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Greystone Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Kynwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- Smokerise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smokerise is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokerise
- White Road ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Abington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Applegate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Archdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Trinity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Redcross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Sophia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Randleman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Gold Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Ellisboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Madison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mayodan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Wentworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Shiloh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Stoneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Reidsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Pine Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bailey Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Germanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Danbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Amostown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Sandy Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Surry County
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sandy Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Horse Pasture
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Irisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Chatmoss
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Preston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Axton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Nettleridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Critz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Cascade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ogburns Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Ogburns Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Ogburns Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ogburns Crossroads.
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 Ogburns Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ogburns Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Flat Rock UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Bethel Covenant Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Midway UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eden UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eden UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the west of Ellisboro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989052 <3>
- Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belews Creek Christian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Riverview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Madison Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Westminster Gardens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Ogburns Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ogburns Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ogburns Crossroads, with the one closest to Ogburns Crossroads listed first.
- Stokesdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Summerfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scalesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Oak Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellisboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Pine Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belews Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- White Road ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Colfax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Madison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Guilford College
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Monroeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Monroeton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeton
- Pleasantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ogburns Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ogburns Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Ogburns Crossroads ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ogburns Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ogburns Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ogburns Crossroads.
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 Ogburns Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Guilford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Davidson County
- Forsyth County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Henry County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick County
- Pittsylvania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ogburns Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Ogburns Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |