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 Pumpkin Center (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 Pumpkin Center. 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 Pumpkin Center ...
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 Pumpkin Center: Pumpkin Ctr. (or less commonly used: Pumpkin Cen., Pumpkin Cent. or Pumpkin Cntr.)
You might see Pumpkin Centre instead of Pumpkin Center.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pumpkin Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pumpkin Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 hospitals and 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.
Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow 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 Onslow County: Carteret, Duplin, Jones & Pender.
Below are the counties that are near Pumpkin Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pumpkin Center:
- Onslow County (The home county of Pumpkin Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Foxhorn Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Aragona Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Acorn Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Cardinal Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Jacksonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shamrock Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Half Moon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Piney Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Green is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Green
- Mill Pond Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Watkins Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Watkins Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Village
- Hubert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Stella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kuhns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Peletier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Peletier is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Cedar Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cape Carteret
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bogue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Emerald Isle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Broad Creek is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
- Holly Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Conner Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Conner Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
- Indian Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Salter Path
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- River Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Brices Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- Snug Harbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Trent Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- Havelock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Havelock is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
- Slocum Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Slocum Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
- Tuscarora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Neuse Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
- Old Town Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- Riverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Manteo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Manteo is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Cove City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Clark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Fountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fountain is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Cedar Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Cypress Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cypress Creek is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Hadley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Lyman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lyman is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Quinns Store
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Quinns Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinns Store
- Potters Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
- Pin Hook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pin Hook is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Maready
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maready is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maready
- Beulaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Catherine Square
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Catherine Square is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Square
- Jacksons Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jacksons Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksons Crossroads
- Sholars Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sholars Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sholars Crossroads
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Maysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chadwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Olivers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Ravenswood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Olivers Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Comfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Pollocksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Taylors Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Jones Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Combs Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Hargetts Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Pink Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Loftins Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Deep Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Pender County
- Maple Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pumpkin Center, see our County-by-County Page for Pumpkin Center.
Cemeteries Near Pumpkin Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pumpkin Center.
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 Pumpkin Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pumpkin Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Jacksonville City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montford Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montford Point Cemetery
- The Montford Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Montford Point Federal Cemetery
- Montford Point National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169801 <2>
- Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Onslow Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maides Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Adron Hill Whaley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- John E. Steed Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Koonce Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvester Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove UMC Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abner Ervin Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Albert W. Lanier Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Benjamin Bryan Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Bryan Cemetery
- The Benjamin Bryan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bryan Cemetery
- Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Pollocksville.
- The Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frank Murphy Cemetery
- Murphy Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259668 <2>
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 Pumpkin Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pumpkin Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pumpkin Center, with the one closest to Pumpkin Center listed first.
- Jacksonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tar Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tar Landing is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Landing
- Gum Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Hubert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Maysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cyrus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cyrus is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrus
- Stella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Richlands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marines
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marines is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marines
- Duck Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Angola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Angola is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Swansboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Sneads Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pumpkin Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pumpkin Center.
Newspapers Published in Pumpkin Center ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pumpkin Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pumpkin Center, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pumpkin Center.
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 helpful 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 Pumpkin Center:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Onslow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carteret County
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Pender 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 '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- Pumpkin Center) 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 Pumpkin Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |