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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 Pinetown (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 Pinetown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Pinetown is located in Beaufort 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 Beaufort County: Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt & Washington.

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

  • Beaufort County     (The home county of Pinetown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetown, with the one closest to Pinetown listed first.
    • Walla Watta
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Gaylord
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
    • Whitepost
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bath
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Bath is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
    • Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Pomouk Indian Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomouk Indian Village
    • River Road
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • River Road is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
    • Washington Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
    • Pantego
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Washington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Rosedale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Belhaven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Pungo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Bertie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetown, with the one closest to Pinetown listed first.
    • Windsor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Avoca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Merry Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetown, with the one closest to Pinetown listed first.
    • Vanceboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ernul
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ernul is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
    • Spring Hope
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Hyde County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetown, with the one closest to Pinetown listed first.
    • Mount Olive
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Sladesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Scranton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Scranton is located in Hyde County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
    • Germantown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin County
  • Pamlico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetown, with the one closest to Pinetown listed first.
    • Lowland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lowland is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
    • Bay City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bay City is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Hobucken
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
    • Mesic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pitt County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinetown, with the one closest to Pinetown listed first.
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Monticello is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Wenona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Plymouth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Pine Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Westover
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Roper
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Roper is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roper <1>
    • Skinnersville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Pinetown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinetown.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pinetown, with the one closest to Pinetown 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.<3>

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

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

  • Gaylord
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
  • Bunyan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bunyan is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
  • Yeatesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Yeatesville is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatesville
  • Bath
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bath is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
  • Washington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pantego
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Gilead
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilead is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
  • Monticello ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Monticello is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
  • Jamesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Ransomville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pungo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Dardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Chocowinity
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Latham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Latham is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Grimesland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Grimesland is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pinetown ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pinetown.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pinetown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pinetown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pinetown.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of Pinetown.

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 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 Pinetown:

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 Pinetown, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pinetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.