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 Patetown (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 Patetown. 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.
Patetown is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Patetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Patetown:
- Wayne County (The home county of Patetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Saulston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Pikeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berkeley Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Nahunta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Mar-Mac Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Walnut Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Genoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Drummersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Blizzards Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Gradys Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Herrings Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Hills Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Calypso
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Albertson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Beautancus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Pleasant Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Scotts Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Faison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Macclesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Pinetops
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Jason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Contentnea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Speights Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Snow Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Glenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Fieldsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Hookerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Maury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Rains Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Princeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kenly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Bentonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jones County
- Wise Forks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- La Grange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Albrittons
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Kinston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Graingers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Deep Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Kinfield Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Loftins Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Grifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Pink Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Cliftonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- High Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Bailey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Strickland Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Middlesex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Mount Pleasant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rogers Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Floods Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Joyners Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Stanhope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Langley Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Farmville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Renston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Ayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Falkland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Red Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Summerfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Winterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Newton Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Stantonsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Lucama
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saratoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Eastwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Scotts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Wilson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Sims
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elm City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Patetown, see our County-by-County Page for Patetown.
Cemeteries Near Patetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Patetown.
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 Patetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Patetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Pikesville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edmondson Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eureka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Dale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Friends Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woodland Friends Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Augustus Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Patetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Patetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Patetown, with the one closest to Patetown listed first.
- Saulston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Greenleaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Pikeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Faro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Shine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shine
- Elroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Best
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Pinkney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Jason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Contentnea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Stantonsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Patetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Patetown.
Newspapers Published in Patetown ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Patetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Patetown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Patetown.
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 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 Patetown:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Sampson 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> | 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 Patetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Patetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |