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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 Pungo (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 Pungo. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Pungo is located in Beaufort 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 Beaufort County: Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt & Washington.

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

  • Beaufort County     (The home county of Pungo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pungo, with the one closest to Pungo listed first.
    • Union Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Pantego
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Belhaven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gaylord
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
    • Ransomville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pinetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Walla Watta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bath
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bath is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
    • Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pomouk Indian Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomouk Indian Village
    • Whitepost
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • River Road
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • River Road is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
    • Aurora
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Washington Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
  • Bertie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pungo, with the one closest to Pungo listed first.
    • Avoca
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Merry Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
    • Edenhouse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Chowan County
  • Hyde County
  • Martin County
  • Pamlico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pungo, with the one closest to Pungo listed first.
    • Lowland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lowland is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
    • Hobucken
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
    • Mesic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Tyrrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pungo, with the one closest to Pungo listed first.
    • New Lands
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pungo, with the one closest to Pungo listed first.
    • Wenona
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Monticello is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Pine Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Roper
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Roper is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roper <1>
    • Plymouth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Westover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Creswell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Skinnersville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Pea Ridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Pungo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pungo.

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 Pungo - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pungo had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Pantego
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Leechville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Leechville is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
  • Gaylord
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
  • Yeatesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Yeatesville is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatesville
  • Monticello ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Monticello is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
  • Makleyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Makleyville is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makleyville
  • Ransomville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sladesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Scranton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Scranton is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
  • Bath
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bath is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
  • Roper
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Roper is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roper <1>
  • Plymouth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Pungo ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pungo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pungo, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pungo.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Pungo:

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 Pungo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pungo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.