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 River Bend (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 River Bend. 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 River Bend ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for River Bend: River Bnd.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named River Bend. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for River Bend.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
River Bend is located in Craven 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 Craven County: Beaufort, Carteret, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico & Pitt.
Below are the counties that are near River Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to River Bend:
- Craven County (The home county of River Bend)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Brices Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- Trent Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- Snug Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Old Town Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- Clark
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- James City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- New Bern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Lima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Bridgeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Harbour
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
- Riverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Cove City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Blounts Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Edward
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chocowinity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Kuhns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Peletier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Peletier is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peletier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Conner Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Conner Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Cape Carteret
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Broad Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Creek is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Creek
- Emerald Isle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salter Path
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Debruhls Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Jones Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pollocksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Olivers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Chadwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Olivers Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Perfection
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Pollocks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Tick Bite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Loftins Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Graingers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Grifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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)
- Albrittons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Aragona Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
- Mill Pond Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Pumpkin Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Hubert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cardinal Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Foxhorn Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
- Half Moon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Huffmantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Acorn Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn Forest is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Forest
- Richlands
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Jacksonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Reelsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Arapahoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grantsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Minnesott Beach
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Alliance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bay City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Bayboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stonewall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Merritt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Oriental
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vandemere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Mesic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Pamlico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Clayroot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Quinerly
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Calico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Coxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Shelmerdine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to River Bend, see our County-by-County Page for River Bend.
Cemeteries Near River Bend ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of River Bend.
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 River Bend - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for River Bend covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- New Bern Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bern Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bern National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stapleford Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cayton Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (60 more) ...
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maides Family Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Celestial Memorial Gardens
(15 miles [24.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find River Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of River Bend.
These communities are listed based on their distance from River Bend, with the one closest to River Bend listed first.
- Clark
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Pollocksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- James City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- New Bern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bellair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bellair is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Tuscarora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Olivers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Thurman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thurman is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Lima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Riverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Olympia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olympia is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Croatan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Croatan is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croatan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around River Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around River Bend.
Newspapers Published in River Bend ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around River Bend.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of River Bend, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for River Bend.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 River Bend:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Craven County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Carteret County
- Jones 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 River Bend, 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 from Point A (ie- River Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |