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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 Pine Level (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 Pine Level. 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 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.

Pine Level is located in Columbus 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 Columbus County: Bladen, Brunswick, Pender, Robeson & Horry (SC).

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

  • Columbus County     (The home county of Pine Level)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Level, with the one closest to Pine Level listed first.
    • Bethel
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Bethel is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Nakina
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Nakina is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
    • Bug Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
    • Ironhill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
    • Pireway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pireway is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
    • Cribb Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
    • Tabor City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Clarendon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarendon is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Emerson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Emerson is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Brunswick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Redbug
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Redbug is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
    • Hallsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
  • Bladen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Level, with the one closest to Pine Level listed first.
    • Rosindale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Rosindale is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
    • Council
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Council is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
    • Clarkton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Abbottsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
    • East Arcadia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Arcadia is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcadia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
    • Bladenboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Brunswick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Level, with the one closest to Pine Level listed first.
    • Ash
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Ash is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
    • Longwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Longwood is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Exum
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Exum is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
    • Carolina Shores
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
    • Makatoka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
    • Calabash
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunset Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Shallotte
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ocean Isle Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Supply
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Sivey Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
    • Holden Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Robeson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Level, with the one closest to Pine Level listed first.
    • Barnesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Barnesville is located in Robeson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
    • Marietta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Marietta is located in Robeson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Orrum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Orrum is located in Robeson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Horry County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Level, with the one closest to Pine Level listed first.
    • Little Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Little Town is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
    • Longs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Loris
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Loris is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loris <1>
    • Daisy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Little River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Finklea
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
    • Green Sea
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Creek Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Creek Village is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Village
    • Hand
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Hand is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
    • Gurley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Gurley is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
    • Cherry Grove Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Atlantic Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Atlantic Beach is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
  • Marion County (SC)
    • Nichols
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Pine Level ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Level.

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 Pine Level - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Watts Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Stevens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Norris Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cox Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stack Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • McKeithan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Gore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Milligan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Stanley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Soles Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (266 more) ...
    • Prince Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cartrette Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Marlowe Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

While we didn't find Pine Level in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Level.

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

  • Bug Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
  • Mollie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mollie is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
  • Dothan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dothan is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
  • Ironhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
  • Pireway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pireway is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
  • Old Dock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Dock is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
  • Ash
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ash is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
  • Loris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Loris is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loris <1>
  • Clarendon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarendon is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
  • Emerson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Emerson is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
  • Daisy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
  • Exum
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Exum is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Iredell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Iredell is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iredell
    • Hallsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
    • Hammond
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hammond is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond

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

Newspapers Published in Pine Level ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Level.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Level, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Level.

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 Pine Level:

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>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 Pine Level, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Pine Level) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.