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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Poyners Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Poyners Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Poyners Hill, please Contact Us.

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 Poyners 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 Poyners 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.

Name Variations for Poyners Hill ...

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.

While the name of this community is Poyners Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Poyners Hill may originally have been Poyner's Hill.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Poyners Hill might be written as Poyner Hill.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Poyners Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Currituck 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 Currituck County: Camden & Dare.

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

  • Currituck County     (The home county of Poyners Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poyners Hill, with the one closest to Poyners Hill listed first.
    • Grandy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Poplar Branch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jarvisburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bertha
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bertha is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
    • Corolla
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Aydlett
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Aydlett is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydlett
    • Powells Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Coinjock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterlily
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Waterlily is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlily
    • Harbinger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Barco
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Maple
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Maple is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poyners Hill, with the one closest to Poyners Hill listed first.
    • Alder Branch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Alder Branch is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
    • Riddle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Riddle is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
    • Elizabeth City Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Elizabeth City Beach is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Beach
    • Shiloh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Shiloh is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Belcross
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Belcross is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
    • Camden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Dare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poyners Hill, with the one closest to Poyners Hill listed first.
    • Duck
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • George Town Sands
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • George Town Sands is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Town Sands
    • Poteskeet Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Poteskeet Village is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteskeet Village
    • Southern Shores
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Kitty Hawk
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Kill Devil Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Fort Raleigh City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Fort Raleigh City is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Raleigh City
    • Nags Head
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Manns Harbor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Manteo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Whalebone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Whalebone is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whalebone
    • Buffalo City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Buffalo City is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
  • Pasquotank County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poyners Hill, with the one closest to Poyners Hill listed first.
    • Weeksville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
    • Elizabeth City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Nixonton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
  • Perquimans County
    • Woodville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodville is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Tyrrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poyners Hill, with the one closest to Poyners Hill listed first.
    • Fort Landing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Landing is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Landing
    • Alligator
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Alligator is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator

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

Cemeteries Near Poyners Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poyners 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 Poyners Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poyners Hill, with the one closest to Poyners Hill listed first.

  • Aydlett, Sawyer & Guard Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Austin Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Austin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Kitty Hawk.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46759 <4>
  • Baum Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Walker Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hilltop Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Gilbert Family Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Willis Tillett Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Hollywood Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • New Hollywood Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • New Oak Grove Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • West Lawn Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Blackwater Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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.

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

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

  • Poplar Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jarvisburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coinjock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Harbinger
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Old Trap
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Old Trap is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Trap
  • Indiantown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Indiantown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
  • Shiloh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Shiloh is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Knotts Island
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Currituck
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shawboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Colington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Colington is located in Dare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colington
  • Gregory
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gregory is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Weeksville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
    • Belcross
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Belcross is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
    • Mashoes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Mashoes is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashoes

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

Newspapers Published in Poyners 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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poyners Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poyners Hill, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poyners 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 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 Poyners Hill:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Poyners Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 from Point A (ie- Poyners Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.