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 Riddicks Landing (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 Riddicks Landing. 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 Riddicks Landing ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Riddicks Landing: Riddicks Lndg. (or less commonly used: Riddicks Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Riddicks Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Riddicks Landing may originally have been Riddick's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Riddicks Landing might be written as Riddick Landing.
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.
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.
Riddicks Landing is located in Hertford 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 Hertford County: Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Northampton & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Riddicks Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riddicks Landing:
- Hertford County (The home county of Riddicks Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Como
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barretts Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Tuscarora Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Winton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tunis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- South Tunis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Murfreesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cofield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Ahoskie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harrellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Menola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Poor Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Powellsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Aulander
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Colerain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Hexlena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Askewville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Roxobel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kelford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Camden County
- Horseshoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Chowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Gliden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Ryland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Center Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mavaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Reynoldson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Roduco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- Gates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eure
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Willeyton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Gatesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Savage
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Savage is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Sunbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Corapeake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Mintonsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Severn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pendleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Conway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Potecasi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Margarettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Eagletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Lasker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Rich Square
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seaboard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Perquimans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Snow Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Belvidere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicanor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greensville County (VA)
- Claresville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Isle of Wight County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Carrsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Walters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Windsor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <2>
- Zuni
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Raynor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Riverdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Sunbeam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Kingsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Statesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Watkins Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Corner
- Delaware
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Handsom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Hunterdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Isaac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Cypress Manor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Edgehill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Edgehill is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Newsoms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Pittmantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Holland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Whaley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Whaleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Manning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Kilby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Russell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Suffolk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wilroy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
- Chuckatuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
- Driver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Driver is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Sussex County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Yale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yale is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wakefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mason
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Sussex County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riddicks Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Riddicks Landing.
Cemeteries Near Riddicks Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riddicks Landing.
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 Riddicks Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riddicks Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Blackjack Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Oak Cemetery
- The Blackjack Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Oak Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southampton Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Askew Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin Municipal Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Spring Cemetery
- The Poplar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Barnes UMC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (111 more) ...
- Gillette Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Britt - Benthall Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Riddicks Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riddicks Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riddicks Landing, with the one closest to Riddicks Landing listed first.
- Riddicksville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riddicksville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddicksville
- Dort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dort is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dort
- Como
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cleopus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cleopus is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopus
- South Quay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Quay is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Quay
- Reynoldson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Eure
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sarem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sarem is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarem
- Gates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mapleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Winton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Delaware
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Somerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Somerton is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerton
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Handsom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riddicks Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riddicks Landing.
Newspapers Published in Riddicks Landing ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riddicks Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riddicks Landing, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riddicks Landing.
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 Riddicks Landing:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Hertford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Camden County
- Chowan County
- Gates County
- Northampton County
- Perquimans County
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Isle of Wight County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Riddicks Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Riddicks Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |