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 Old Sparta (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 Old Sparta. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Old Sparta is located in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County: Halifax, Martin, Nash, Pitt & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Old Sparta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Sparta:
- Edgecombe County (The home county of Old Sparta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Pinetops
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Conetoe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Henrietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Cobb Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Princeville
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Tarboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Macclesfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Summerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Mercer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Hope Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Beaufort County
- Rosedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Bertie County
- Lewiston Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Speights Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Maury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Contentnea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hookerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Hobgood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Roseneath
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Braswells Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Palmyra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Scotland Neck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lenoir County
- Grifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Parmele
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hassell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Gold Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Oak City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Everetts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hamilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Grass
(23 miles [37 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
- Williamston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Ashburk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Joyners Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Easonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- North Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Halifax Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Cliftonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Langley Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Winstead Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Dortches
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Drake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Westry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Sandy Cross
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Falkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whitehurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Farmville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- House
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Oakley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oakley is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ripple City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Red Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Stokes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stokes is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Summerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Eureka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Saratoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eastwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Stantonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Black Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Scotts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Lucama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sims
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Sparta, see our County-by-County Page for Old Sparta.
Cemeteries Near Old Sparta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Sparta.
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 Old Sparta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Sparta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Edgecombe Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pineview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Princeville Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dancy Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Varnell Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- County Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eastlawn Memorial Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlawn Memorial Garden
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastlawn Memorial Garden is located outside and to the northeast of Tarboro.
- The Eastlawn Memorial Garden has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164807 <2>
- Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Henry W. Martin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Henry W. Martin Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry W. Martin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henry W. Martin Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Bethel.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2459327 <2>
- Johnson Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Harrell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bulluck Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Old Sparta had a population of 143 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Sparta, with the one closest to Old Sparta listed first.
- Conetoe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Mildred
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mildred is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Falkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Hollands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Tarboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Lewis is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lewis
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Bridgersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bridgersville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgersville
- Penelo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Penelo is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelo
- Coakley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Farmville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Parmele
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Leggett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Fieldsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Sparta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Sparta.
Newspapers Published in Old Sparta ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Sparta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Sparta, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Sparta.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Old Sparta:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Edgecombe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Bertie County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Pitt 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Old Sparta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Old Sparta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |