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 Pala Alto (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 Pala Alto. 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 and 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.
Pala Alto is located in Onslow 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 Onslow County: Carteret, Duplin, Jones & Pender.
Below are the counties that are near Pala Alto. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pala Alto:
- Onslow County (The home county of Pala Alto)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pala Alto, with the one closest to Pala Alto listed first.
- Hubert
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aragona Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Midway Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Green is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Green
- Pumpkin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Swansboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foxhorn Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Watkins Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Village
- Acorn Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Cardinal Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Jacksonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Half Moon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pala Alto, with the one closest to Pala Alto listed first.
- Kuhns
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Stella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peletier
(9 miles [14.5 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Emerald Isle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Broad Creek is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Conner Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Conner Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
- Indian Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Salter Path
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pala Alto, with the one closest to Pala Alto listed first.
- Havelock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Havelock is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
- Manteo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Manteo is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Slocum Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Slocum Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
- Riverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Hancock Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hancock Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
- Brices Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- River Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Neuse Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
- Snug Harbor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Trent Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
- Old Town Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- James City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pala Alto, with the one closest to Pala Alto listed first.
- Fountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fountain is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Cypress Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cypress Creek is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Cedar Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Hadley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hadley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Quinns Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Quinns Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinns Store
- Lyman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lyman is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Potters Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pala Alto, with the one closest to Pala Alto listed first.
- Maysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chadwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Ravenswood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Pollocksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Olivers Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Olivers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Debruhls Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Jones Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Trenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Comfort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Phillips Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pala Alto, with the one closest to Pala Alto listed first.
- Minnesott Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Arapahoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reelsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Pender County
- Maple Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pala Alto, see our County-by-County Page for Pala Alto.
Cemeteries Near Pala Alto ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pala Alto.
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 Pala Alto - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pala Alto covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pala Alto, with the one closest to Pala Alto listed first.
- Maides Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Montford Point Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montford Point Cemetery
- The Montford Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Montford Point Federal Cemetery
- Montford Point National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169801 <3>
- Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Onslow Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cannady Memorial Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Newport.
- The Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Quinn - Gould Families Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2435342 <3>
- Amariah Garner Memorial Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Adron Hill Whaley Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- John E. Steed Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Koonce Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sylvester Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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 Pala Alto in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pala Alto.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pala Alto, with the one closest to Pala Alto listed first.
- Stella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hubert
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swansboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Pollocksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Duck Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Olivers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Tar Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tar Landing is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Landing
- Gum Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marines is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marines
- Croatan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Croatan is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croatan
- Riverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pala Alto. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pala Alto.
Newspapers Published in Pala Alto ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pala Alto.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pala Alto, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pala Alto.
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 Pala Alto:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Onslow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carteret County
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Jones County
- Pamlico County
- Pender 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pala Alto) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pala Alto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |