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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 Ransomville (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 Ransomville. 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 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.

Ransomville 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 Ransomville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ransomville:

  • Beaufort County     (The home county of Ransomville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ransomville, with the one closest to Ransomville listed first.
    • Belhaven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bath
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Pomouk Indian Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomouk Indian Village
    • Pantego
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Whitepost
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Gaylord
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
    • Aurora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pungo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Edward
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Walla Watta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ransomville, with the one closest to Ransomville listed first.
    • Spring Hope
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ernul
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ernul is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
    • Vanceboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bridgeton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairfield Harbour
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
    • Lima
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hyde County
  • Martin County
  • Pamlico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ransomville, with the one closest to Ransomville listed first.
    • Lowland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lowland is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
    • Hobucken
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
    • Mesic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Vandemere
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Bay City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Bay City is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Bayboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Alliance
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Stonewall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Grantsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Merritt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pamlico
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Reelsboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pitt County
    • Grimesland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Grimesland is located in Pitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ransomville, with the one closest to Ransomville listed first.
    • Wenona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Monticello is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Pine Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Roper
      (29 miles [46.7 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>

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

Cemeteries Near Ransomville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ransomville.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ransomville, with the one closest to Ransomville 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.<4>

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

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

  • Yeatesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Yeatesville is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatesville
  • Makleyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Makleyville is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makleyville
  • Bath
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • South Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • South Creek is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Creek
  • Pantego
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Aurora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gaylord
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
  • Sladesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Idalia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Idalia is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idalia
  • Scranton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Scranton is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
  • Leechville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Leechville is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
  • Pungo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hobucken
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
    • Gilead
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Gilead is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
    • Blounts Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Ransomville ...

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 Ransomville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ransomville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ransomville.

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 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 Ransomville:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ransomville) 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 Ransomville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.