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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 Raynor Town (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 Raynor Town. 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 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.
Raynor Town is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Raynor Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Raynor Town:
- Wayne County (The home county of Raynor Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Grantham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Mar-Mac Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Mar-Mac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Genoa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nahunta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Brogden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Dudley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Fremont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Calypso
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Faison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beautancus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Blizzards Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Drummersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Hills Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Bowdens
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bowdens is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdens
- Friendship
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Summerlins Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Herrings Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Scotts Store
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Jason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Contentnea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Glenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Walstonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Grove Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lakeside Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Dunn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Westhaven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Coats
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Turlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Erwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Princeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rains Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Pine Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Micro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Redwood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Beulahtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Kenly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Smithfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- La Grange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fields
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Albrittons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Deep Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Bailey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Middlesex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- High Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Murraytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Newton Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Vann Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Keener
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Spiveys Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Beaman Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Plain View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Turkey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kitty Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Reynolds Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Elliott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Moltonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Shotwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Wendell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Lucama
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Black Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Stantonsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sims
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eastwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Spring Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Raynor Town, see our County-by-County Page for Raynor Town.
Cemeteries Near Raynor Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Raynor Town.
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 Raynor Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Raynor Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grantham Dunn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram Grantham Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Overby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Augustus Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hephzibah Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Dale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Raynor Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Raynor Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Raynor Town, with the one closest to Raynor Town listed first.
- Princeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Bentonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Pinkney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Pine Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Dudley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Micro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bagley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Dobbersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dobbersville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbersville
- Elroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Raynor Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Raynor Town.
Newspapers Published in Raynor Town ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Raynor Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Raynor Town, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Raynor Town.
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 websites either 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 Raynor Town:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Harnett County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Nash County
- Sampson County
- Wake County
- Wilson 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 Raynor Town, 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- Raynor Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |