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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 Popes Crossroads (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 Popes Crossroads. 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 Popes Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Popes Crossroads: Popes Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Popes Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Popes Crossroads may originally have been Pope's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Popes Crossroads might be written as Pope Crossroads.
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.
Popes Crossroads is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Wake & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Popes Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Popes Crossroads:
- Franklin County (The home county of Popes Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Franklinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Youngsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Katesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Wake Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Louisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ingleside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Mapleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Lake View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Bunn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Alert
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- White Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Chatham County
- Cary
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Gorman
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Hampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Bahama
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brassfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Durham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rougemont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Parkwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- The American Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Mount Energy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Fairport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Creedmoor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Hester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Tar River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Lyons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Stem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Butner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Archer Lodge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Hunts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Mays Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Rocky Cross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Murraytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Union Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Edwards Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Lancaster Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Samaria
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Spring Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Castalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Fieldstream
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Pleasant Green Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brigadoon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brigadoon is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon
- Caldwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Charter Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- Eno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eno is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eno
- North Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Oak Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Hills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Summerfield Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summerfield Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Crossing
- University
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- University is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Moriah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Mount Tirzah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Timberlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Cates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Kittrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bobbitt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Gill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Bear Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gillburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- South Henderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Henderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dabney
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Adcock Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Flat Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Middleburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Drewry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- New Light
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Forestville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Stony Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Wyatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Rolesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Neuse Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Neuse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Millbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Brentwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Pickwick Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Skycrest Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Lickskillet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Afton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Soul City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Manson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warrenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norlina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Popes Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Popes Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Popes Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Popes Crossroads.
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 Popes Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Popes Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fair View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allen C. Perry Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Forest Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thompson Mill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Light Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jess Kittrell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wyche Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rolesville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Confederate Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (131 more) ...
- Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Granville Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Baptist Church 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.<5>
While we didn't find Popes Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Popes Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Popes Crossroads, with the one closest to Popes Crossroads listed first.
- Franklinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pocomoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pocomoke is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocomoke
- Youngsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Grissom
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grissom is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grissom
- New Light
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Wake Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Katesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Forestville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Mount Energy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Wyatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Louisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Letha ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Letha is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letha
- Bobbitt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Popes Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Popes Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Popes Crossroads ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Popes Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Popes Crossroads, 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 Popes Crossroads.
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 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 Popes Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Johnston County
- Nash County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Popes Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Popes Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |