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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 Rosindale (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 Rosindale. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Rosindale is located in Bladen County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bladen County: Columbus, Cumberland, Pender, Robeson & Sampson.

Below are the counties that are near Rosindale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosindale:

  • Bladen County     (The home county of Rosindale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosindale, with the one closest to Rosindale listed first.
    • Council
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
      • Council is located in Bladen County
    • Clarkton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
      • Clarkton is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkton <2>
    • Mount Olive
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
      • Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
    • Kelly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • East Arcadia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Abbottsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Elizabethtown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <2>
    • White Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
      • White Lake is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Lake <2>
    • Bladenboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bladenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladenboro
      • Bladenboro is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,697 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bladenboro <2>
    • Yorick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Long View
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
      • Long View is located in Bladen County
    • Dublin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
      • Dublin is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • Butters
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
      • Butters is located in Bladen County
  • Brunswick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosindale, with the one closest to Rosindale listed first.
    • Northwest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Exum
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Exum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
      • Exum is located in Brunswick County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Exum
      • From Rosindale to Exum
    • Makatoka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
      • Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
    • Ash
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Malmo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Malmo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
      • Malmo is located in Brunswick County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Malmo
      • From Rosindale to Malmo
    • Phoenix
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Phoenix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
      • Phoenix is located in Brunswick County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Phoenix
      • From Rosindale to Phoenix
    • Longwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
      • Longwood is located in Brunswick County
  • Columbus County
  • Duplin County
    • Harrells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrells
      • Harrells is located in Duplin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
  • Pender County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosindale, with the one closest to Rosindale listed first.
    • Atkinson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Atkinson is located in Pender County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atkinson <2>
    • Currie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Robeson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosindale, with the one closest to Rosindale listed first.
    • Allenton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Orrum
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
      • Orrum is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Lumberton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Barnesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
      • Barnesville is located in Robeson County
    • Proctorville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctorville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
      • Proctorville is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Barker Ten Mile
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barker Ten Mile have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
      • Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
  • Sampson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosindale, with the one closest to Rosindale listed first.
    • Ivanhoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ivanhoe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ivanhoe
      • From Rosindale to Ivanhoe
    • Kerr
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kerr. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
      • Kerr is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kerr
      • From Rosindale to Kerr
    • Tomahawk
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tomahawk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
      • Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tomahawk
      • From Rosindale to Tomahawk
    • Garland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Ingold
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ingold. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingold
      • Ingold is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ingold
      • From Rosindale to Ingold
    • McDaniels
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Delway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rosindale, see our County-by-County Page for Rosindale.

Cemeteries Near Rosindale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosindale.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rosindale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosindale, with the one closest to Rosindale listed first.

  • Buie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blank Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blank Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blank Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mitchellfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. James Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Old Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Batten Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Batten Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Batten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McEwen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McEwen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McEwen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McCall Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shiloh Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wright Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wright Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (323 more) ...
    • Warson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • McKoy Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKoy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKoy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lucas Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lucas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lucas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rosindale had a population of 46 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Rosindale, with the one closest to Rosindale listed first.

  • Emerson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Emerson is located in Bladen County
  • Council
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
    • Council is located in Bladen County
  • Elkton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Elkton is located in Bladen County
  • Westbrook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
    • Westbrook is located in Bladen County
  • Clarkton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
    • Clarkton is located in Bladen County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkton <2>
  • Lake Waccamaw
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hallsboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bolton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kelly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Whiteville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Abbottsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Elizabethtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <2>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Byrdville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Byrdville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrdville
      • Byrdville is located in Columbus County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Byrdville
      • From Rosindale to Byrdville
    • Colly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colly
      • Colly is located in Bladen County
    • Freeman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
      • Freeman is located in Columbus County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosindale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosindale.

Newspapers Published in Rosindale ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosindale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosindale, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosindale.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Rosindale:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rosindale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bladen County: www.bladeninfo.net/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>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- Rosindale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rosindale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4410, Longitude: -78.5272       In this case, the coordinates for Rosindale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Rosindale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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