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 Ravenswood (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 Ravenswood. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ravenswood is located in Jones 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 Jones County: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Lenoir & Onslow.
Below are the counties that are near Ravenswood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ravenswood:
- Jones County (The home county of Ravenswood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Pollocksville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chadwick
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Olivers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Olivers Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Jones Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Maysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Debruhls Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Trenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pollocks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Phillips Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Comfort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Beaufort County
- Blounts Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Stella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kuhns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Peletier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Peletier is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Cape Carteret
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Holly Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Conner Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Conner Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
- Broad Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Creek is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
- Emerald Isle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salter Path
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- River Bend
(7 miles [11.3 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- Snug Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Trent Woods
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Clark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Tuscarora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Old Town Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- James City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- New Bern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Cove City
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Bridgeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Harbour
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Fountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fountain is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Potters Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
- Cedar Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Hadley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hadley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Quinns Store
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Quinns Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinns Store
- Cypress Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress Creek is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Beulaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lyman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lyman is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Petersburg Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Petersburg Crossing is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Crossing
- Resaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Loftins Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Kinfield Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Bite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Albrittons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Deep Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Graingers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Grifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pink Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Pumpkin Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Aragona Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Cardinal Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Foxhorn Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Half Moon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Mill Pond Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Hubert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Acorn Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Shamrock Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Midway Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Piney Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Piney Green is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Green
- Jacksonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Huffmantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Reelsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Minnesott Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Arapahoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grantsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bayboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Bay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Merritt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Clayroot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Quinerly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Calico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Coxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ravenswood, see our County-by-County Page for Ravenswood.
Cemeteries Near Ravenswood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ravenswood.
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 Ravenswood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ravenswood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Maides Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Bern Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bern Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Bern National Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adron Hill Whaley Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- John E. Steed Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Continue List (54 more) ...
- Koonce Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sylvester Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville City Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Ravenswood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ravenswood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ravenswood, with the one closest to Ravenswood listed first.
- Pollocksville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Olivers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Maysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Trenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Tuscarora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Thurman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thurman is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- James City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- New Bern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Bellair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bellair is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cove City
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Croatan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Croatan is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croatan
- Jasper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ravenswood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ravenswood.
Newspapers Published in Ravenswood ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ravenswood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ravenswood, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ravenswood.
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 Ravenswood:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Jones County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Carteret County
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Lenoir County
- Onslow County
- Pamlico County
- Pitt 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> | 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 Ravenswood, 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' (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- Ravenswood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |