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 Pink Hill (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 Pink Hill. 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.
Pink Hill is located in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County: Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Pink Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pink Hill:
- Lenoir County (The home county of Pink Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Deep Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Albrittons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Loftins Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Fields
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- La Grange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kinfield Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graingers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Tick Bite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Cove City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Fort Barnwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Tuscarora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Resaca
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Leon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Kornegay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kornegay is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornegay
- Albertson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Potters Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
- Gradys Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Petersburg Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Petersburg Crossing is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Crossing
- Cabin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cabin is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin
- Herrings Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Sarecta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sarecta is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarecta
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Jason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Glenfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Hookerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Contentnea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Maury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Hargetts Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Taylors Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Combs Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Comfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Shady Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Phillips Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Sassers Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Wise Forks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Pollocks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Trenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Huffmantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Richlands
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Mill Pond Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Half Moon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Shamrock Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Cardinal Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Acorn Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Foxhorn Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Aragona Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Pender County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Maple Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Willard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willard is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Pitt County
- Quinerly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Turkey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elliott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Moltonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Seven Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Dudley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berkeley Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Brogden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Genoa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Goldsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Saulston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pink Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pink Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pink Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pink Hill.
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 Pink Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pink Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harper - Southerland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gradys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stroud Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Howard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Humphrey - Harper Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westbrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- John Henderson Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Henderson Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the John Henderson Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Beulaville.
- The John Henderson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henderson Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484813 <2>
- Wilson Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- George W. Rouse Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Arnett - Thompson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hardy Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hardy Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Albertson.
- The Hardy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adolphus Hardy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279877 <2>
- Powell Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Pink Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pink Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pink Hill, with the one closest to Pink Hill listed first.
- Resaca
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Leon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Albertson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Deep Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Sarecta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sarecta is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarecta
- Outlaws Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Strabane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Beulaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hallsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Lyman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lyman is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Comfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Seven Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kenansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Falling Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- Richlands
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pink Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pink Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pink Hill ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pink Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pink Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pink Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pink Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Lenoir County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Onslow County
- Pender County
- Pitt County
- Sampson County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Pink Hill) 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 Pink Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |