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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 Pinetops (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 Pinetops. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Pinetops is located in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County: Halifax, Martin, Nash, Pitt & Wilson.

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

  • Edgecombe County     (The home county of Pinetops)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetops, with the one closest to Pinetops listed first.
    • Macclesfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mercer
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Henrietta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
    • Lancaster
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Cobb Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
    • Sharp Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
    • Hartsboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Princeville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Summerfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
    • Hartsease
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Fairview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Tarboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Greene County
  • Halifax County
  • Johnston County
    • Kenly
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kenly is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenly <1>
  • Lenoir County
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetops, with the one closest to Pinetops listed first.
    • Parmele
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Parmele is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Robersonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hassell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gold Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Oak City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Everetts
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Hamilton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bear Grass
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bear Grass is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
  • Nash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetops, with the one closest to Pinetops listed first.
    • Ashburk
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ashburk is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
    • Joyners Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
    • Easonburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Easonburg is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
    • Langley Crossroads
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
    • North Green
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • North Green is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
    • Winstead Crossroads
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Halifax Crossing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
    • Cliftonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Cross
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Westry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Dortches
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dortches is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
    • Drake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Drake is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
  • Pitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetops, with the one closest to Pinetops listed first.
    • Fountain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Falkland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Falkland is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Farmville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bethel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Whitehurst
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • House
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Greenville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Oak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Oak is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
    • Ripple City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ripple City is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
    • Summerfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerfield is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
    • Heritage Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Wayne County
  • Wilson County

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

Cemeteries Near Pinetops ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinetops.

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 Pinetops - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Pinetops in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pinetops.

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

  • Saint Lewis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Saint Lewis is located in Edgecombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lewis
  • Old Sparta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Old Sparta is located in Edgecombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sparta
  • Bridgersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bridgersville is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgersville
  • Hartsboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Penelo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Penelo is located in Edgecombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelo
  • Falkland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Falkland is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Mildred
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mildred is located in Edgecombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
  • Tarboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hollands
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollands is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
  • Conetoe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Saratoga
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fieldsboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Pinetops ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pinetops.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pinetops, 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 Pinetops.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Pinetops:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pinetops) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pinetops, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.