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 Pinkney (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 Pinkney. 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 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 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.
Pinkney is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Pinkney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pinkney:
- Wayne County (The home county of Pinkney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Nahunta
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Fremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pikeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Raynor Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Eureka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saulston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Mar-Mac Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Genoa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Berkeley Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Elroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Calypso
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Drummersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Beautancus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Blizzards Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Faison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Gradys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Herrings Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Macclesfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Pinetops
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- Sutton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Contentnea
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Speights Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Jason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Snow Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Glenfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Hookerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Rains Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Kenly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Smithfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- La Grange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Bailey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Middlesex
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Cliftonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Strickland Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Samaria
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Stanhope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Union Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Murraytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Fountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Newton Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Vann Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Wendell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Eagle Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Emerald Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Knightdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Lucama
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Black Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Scotts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Stantonsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sims
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eastwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Saratoga
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pinkney, see our County-by-County Page for Pinkney.
Cemeteries Near Pinkney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinkney.
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 Pinkney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pinkney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Edgerton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pikesville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hinnant Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnant Family Cemetery
- The Hinnant Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Needham B. Hinnant Family Cemetery
- Holloman Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloman Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holloman Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Pine Level.
- The Holloman Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- George B. Holloman Family Cemetery
- Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
- The Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Woodard Cemetery
- Hephzibah Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jordan Godwin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- Shoeheel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crocker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Overby Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pinkney had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pinkney, with the one closest to Pinkney listed first.
- Pikeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kenly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bagley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Lucama
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Micro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Greenleaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Goldsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Black Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Pine Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oliver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Saulston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Faro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pinkney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pinkney.
Newspapers Published in Pinkney ...
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 Pinkney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pinkney, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pinkney.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pinkney:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Sampson County
- Wake 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pinkney) 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 Pinkney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |