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 Olivers 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 Olivers 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 Olivers 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 Olivers Crossroads: Olivers Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Olivers Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Olivers Crossroads may originally have been Oliver's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Olivers Crossroads might be written as Oliver Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Olivers Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Olivers 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 northwest 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 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.
Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones 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 Jones County: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Lenoir & Onslow.
Below are the counties that are near Olivers Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Olivers Crossroads:
- Jones County (The home county of Olivers Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Olivers
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pollocksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenswood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Chadwick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Jones Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Debruhls Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Pollocks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Maysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Beaufort County
- Blounts Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Kuhns
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Stella
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Peletier
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Peletier is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Cape Carteret
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Bogue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Conner Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conner Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
- Emerald Isle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Creek is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- River Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Tuscarora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Cove City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Clark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Brices Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- Trent Woods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- Snug Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Old Town Harbor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- James City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Lima
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- New Bern
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Potters Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
- Cedar Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Fountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Hadley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hadley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Quinns Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Quinns Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinns Store
- Petersburg Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Petersburg Crossing is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Crossing
- Resaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Lyman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lyman is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Beulaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cabin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cabin is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin
- Jacksons Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jacksons Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksons Crossroads
- Albertson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Loftins Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Kinfield Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Tick Bite
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Albrittons
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Graingers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Grifton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pink Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fields
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Mill Pond Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Huffmantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Foxhorn Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Pumpkin Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Cardinal Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Half Moon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Richlands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aragona Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Shamrock Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Acorn Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Jacksonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Catherine Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Reelsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Arapahoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Minnesott Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Grantsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Clayroot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Quinerly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Coxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Calico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Shelmerdine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Olivers Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Olivers Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Olivers Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Olivers 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 Olivers Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Olivers Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Pollocksville.
- The Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frank Murphy Cemetery
- Murphy Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259668 <3>
- New Bern Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adron Hill Whaley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maides Family Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bern Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Bern National Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abner Ervin Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- John E. Steed Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Koonce Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (68 more) ...
- Sylvester Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Olivers Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Olivers Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Olivers Crossroads, with the one closest to Olivers Crossroads listed first.
- Olivers
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Pollocksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Clark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Cove City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Comfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Bellair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bellair is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Gum Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- James City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Bern
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Lima
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Olivers Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Olivers Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Olivers 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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Olivers Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Olivers Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Olivers Crossroads.
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 helpful 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 Olivers Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Jones County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Carteret County
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Lenoir County
- Onslow County
- Pamlico County
- Pitt 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> | 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 Olivers Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Olivers Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |