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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Old Stanhope. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Old Stanhope to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Old Stanhope, please Contact Us.
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 Stanhope (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 Stanhope. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Old Stanhope is historic, it would have been located within present day Nash 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 Nash County: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Old Stanhope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Stanhope:
- Nash County (The home county of Old Stanhope)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Floods Chapel
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Floods Chapel is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Frazier Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Frazier Crossroads is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Stanhope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Samaria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Samaria is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lamm Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lamm Crossroads is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
- Spring Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bailey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- High Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Crossroads is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Rocky Cross
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Cross is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Union Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Hope is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Middlesex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Mercer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Battleboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Macclesfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Hartsease
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Pinetops
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whitakers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Gethsemane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Sutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- White Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Louisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Youngsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Franklinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wake Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Lake View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Speights Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Hollister
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Beulahtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Kenly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Archer Lodge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Micro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Rains Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Redwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Clayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson's Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Selma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- West Smithfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Pitt County
- Fountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Bobbitt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Zebulon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wendell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Rolesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Knightdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forestville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Wyatt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Neuse Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Neuse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Skycrest Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Lickskillet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Arcola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Fremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nahunta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Pikeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Sims
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Spring Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Elm City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lucama
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Black Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Saratoga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Stanhope, see our County-by-County Page for Old Stanhope.
Cemeteries Near Old Stanhope ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Stanhope.
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 Stanhope - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Stanhope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Meeks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Middlesex Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jack Bailey Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Hocutt Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Church of Christ Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eli P. Haynes Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.
While we didn't find Old Stanhope in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Stanhope.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Stanhope, with the one closest to Old Stanhope listed first.
- Stanhope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Union Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Hope is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Spring Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Connor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Sutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Hunts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hunts is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Earpsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Nashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Justice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Wendell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mapleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Wilson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elm City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Castalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Castalia is also located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Stanhope. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Stanhope.
Newspapers Published in Old Stanhope ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Stanhope.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Stanhope, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Stanhope.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Stanhope:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Nash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Pitt County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wayne County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Stanhope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Old Stanhope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |