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 Pine Ridge (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 Ridge. 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 Pine Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Ridge: Pine Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pine Rdge. or Pine Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Ridge.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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 Ridge is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Wake & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Ridge:
- Franklin County (The home county of Pine Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Sutton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mapleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Louisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Katesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Youngsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Franklinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wake Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ingleside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Lake View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Alert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Battleboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Wilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Fairport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Mount Energy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Creedmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Hester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Tar River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Hollister
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Archer Lodge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Clayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Kenly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson's Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Micro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Redwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Pine Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- West Smithfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Rocky Cross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Murraytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Samaria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Frazier Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Spring Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Floods Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Hunts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Middlesex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Lamm Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lamm Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Bobbitt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Pond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Gillburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- South Henderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Adcock Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Henderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Zebulon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wendell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Rolesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Forestville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Knightdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Wyatt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Neuse Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Neuse
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Brentwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Millbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Lickskillet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Arcola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Nahunta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Fremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Sims
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Spring Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Elm City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lucama
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Eastwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Pine Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Ridge.
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 Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wakefield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meeks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Middlesex Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jack Bailey Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bailey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stallings Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Hocutt Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Pine Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Sutton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Union Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Spring Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hunts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Earpsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Stanhope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Justice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Wendell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Eagle Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Connor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Rolesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Louisburg
(13 miles [20.9 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 Pine Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Pine Ridge ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Ridge, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Ridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Ridge:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Nash County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Pine Ridge) 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 Pine Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |