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 Pleasant Grove (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 Pleasant Grove. 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 Pleasant Grove ...
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 Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Grove.
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 and 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.
Pleasant Grove is located in Northampton 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 Northampton County: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Warren, Brunswick (VA), Greensville (VA) & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove:
- Northampton County (The home county of Pleasant Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Seaboard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lasker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gaston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Potecasi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Pendleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Rich Square
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Roxobel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Aulander
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Hexlena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Gethsemane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Whitakers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- South Weldon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Halifax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roanoke Rapids
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tillery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Belmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Allen Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- South Rosemary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Scotland Neck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Enfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Braswells Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Menola
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Murfreesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Como
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Poor Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Earleys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Ahoskie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Winton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Cofield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Taylor Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Hickory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Ante
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Powellton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Totaro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ankum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ezell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Gholsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Callaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Edgerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Emporia City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Emporia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- White City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Emporia City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Claresville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Radium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Little Texas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Branchville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Koskoo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Boykins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Drewryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Statesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Newsoms
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Capron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Worrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Pope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pope is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Grizzard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Yale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove.
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 Pleasant Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wyche Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestview Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Robinson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Floyd Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedarwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Roanoke Rapids.
- The Cedarwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47078 <2>
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Shield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Massey Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moody Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Pleasant Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Seaboard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gumberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Garysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Creeksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Creeksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
- Margarettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lasker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Weldon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Halifax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Claresville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Potecasi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Milwaukee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Milwaukee is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Grove ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Grove, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Grove.
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 websites either 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 Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Northampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Edgecombe County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Nash County
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Southampton County
- Sussex 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> | 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 Pleasant Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |