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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 Pauls Crossing (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 Pauls Crossing. 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 Pauls Crossing ...
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 Pauls Crossing: Pauls Xing.
- While the name of this community is Pauls Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Pauls Crossing may originally have been Paul's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Pauls Crossing might be written as Paul Crossing.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Pauls Crossing is located in Stanly 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 Stanly County: Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Pauls Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pauls Crossing:
- Stanly County (The home county of Pauls Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Misenheimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Millingport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Richfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- New London
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Lambert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Albemarle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Palmerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Badin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Red Cross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Burnsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Ansonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Sugar Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Polkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Peachland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Tent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Fisher Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Harrisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Cannon Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
- Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
- Cannon Cross Roads
- Cannon's Crossroads
- Wallace Cross Roads
- Wallace Crossroads
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Southmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Handy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Complex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Denton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cotton Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Linwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Sapona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapona
- Tyro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tyro is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Mooresville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mazeppa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Allen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Mint Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Croft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Croft is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Davidson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Blaine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Wadeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Mount Gilead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Abner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Allreds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Asbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Eleazer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Seagrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Richmond County
- Mangum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Gold Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rockwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pooletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Morgan Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Crescent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Shupings Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- Craven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Faith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Granite Quarry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
- Hemby Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hemby Bridge is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
- Lake Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Park is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
- Stallings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pauls Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Pauls Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Pauls Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pauls Crossing.
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 Pauls Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pauls Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eudy Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Old Freedom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stanly Gardens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Community Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lanes Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Pauls Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pauls Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pauls Crossing, with the one closest to Pauls Crossing listed first.
- Finger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Finger is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
- Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
- Plyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- New London
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pool ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pool is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Albemarle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rockwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palmerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Rimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pauls Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pauls Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Pauls Crossing ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pauls Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pauls Crossing, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pauls Crossing.
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 Pauls Crossing:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stanly County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Iredell County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Union 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pauls Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Pauls Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |