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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 Pactolus (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 Pactolus. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Pactolus is located in Pitt 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 Pitt County: Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Martin & Wilson.

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

  • Pitt County     (The home county of Pactolus)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
    • Grimesland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Grimesland is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Whichard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Simpson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Simpson is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
    • Stokes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stokes is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
    • Heritage Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
    • Congleton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bells Fork
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • House
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Ripple City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Ripple City is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
    • Oakley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Windsor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Windsor is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Summerfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Summerfield is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
    • Rosedale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Chocowinity
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Washington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Washington Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
    • River Road
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • River Road is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
    • Walla Watta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Pinetown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Whitepost
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blounts Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
    • Bath
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bath is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
    • Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pomouk Indian Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomouk Indian Village
    • Gaylord
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
    • Edward
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bertie County
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
    • Vanceboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Fort Barnwell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Ernul
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ernul is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
    • Lima
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Edgecombe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
    • Conetoe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Sharp Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
    • Cobb Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • Coakley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Henrietta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
    • Princeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Hope Lodge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinetops
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Speed
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tarboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Macclesfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Summerfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
  • Greene County
  • Halifax County
    • Hobgood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hobgood is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Jones County
  • Lenoir County
  • Martin County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pactolus, with the one closest to Pactolus listed first.
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Monticello is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Plymouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Pactolus ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pactolus.

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 Pactolus - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Pactolus had a population of 162 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Grimesland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Grimesland is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
  • Latham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Latham is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
  • Black Jack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Black Jack is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
  • House
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Greenville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Chocowinity
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chicod
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Chicod is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicod
  • Winterville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Redallia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Redallia is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redallia
  • Robersonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Calico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Parmele
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Parmele is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Bunyan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bunyan is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
    • Everetts
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Pactolus ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pactolus.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pactolus, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pactolus.

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 websites either 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 Pactolus:

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