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 Rosewood (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 Rosewood. 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 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.
Rosewood 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 Rosewood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosewood:
- Wayne County (The home county of Rosewood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Goldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raynor Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Mar-Mac
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Mar-Mac Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Nahunta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Brogden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Saulston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Grantham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Dudley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Calypso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Beautancus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Faison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Drummersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Hills Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Blizzards Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Summerlins Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gradys Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Herrings Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Scotts Store
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Bowdens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bowdens is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdens
- Friendship
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Jason
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Contentnea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Glenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Walstonburg
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Hookerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Grove Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lakeside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Pine Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Micro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Kenly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beulahtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Bentonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Redwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- West Smithfield
(17 miles [27.4 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 Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- La Grange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Albrittons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Deep Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Kinston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pink Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Bailey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rogers Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- High Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- 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
- Cliftonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Mount Pleasant
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Strickland Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Union Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Winstead Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Farmville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Newton Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Vann Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Keener
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Spiveys Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Beaman Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Turkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Plain View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Elliott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Moltonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
- Kitty Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Shotwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Wendell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Lucama
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Black Creek
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Scotts
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Stantonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Sims
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wilson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Elm City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rosewood, see our County-by-County Page for Rosewood.
Cemeteries Near Rosewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosewood.
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 Rosewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rosewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Dale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodland Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wayne Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Augustus Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pikesville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hiram Grantham Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Mill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Bizzell Grove Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Overby Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grantham Dunn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Rosewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rosewood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rosewood, with the one closest to Rosewood listed first.
- Goldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pinkney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Saulston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Dudley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Bagley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Micro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Bentonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Kenly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosewood.
Newspapers Published in Rosewood ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosewood, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosewood.
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 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 Rosewood:
- 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
- Pitt 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 Rosewood, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rosewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |