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 Rowes Corner (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 Rowes Corner. 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 Rowes Corner ...
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 Rowes Corner: Rowes Cor. (or less commonly used: Rowes Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Rowes Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rowes Corner may originally have been Rowe's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rowes Corner might be written as Rowe Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rowes Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rowes Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Rowes Corner 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 Rowes Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rowes Corner:
- Craven County (The home county of Rowes Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Spring Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hope is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
- Bridgeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Bern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ernul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- James City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Old Town Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- Fairfield Harbour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
- Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Snug Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Trent Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- Clark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Brices Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- River Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Blounts Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Edward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- River Road
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Whitepost
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Bath
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chocowinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Washington Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ransomville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Rosedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Walla Watta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Conner Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Conner Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
- Holly Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Kuhns
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kuhns is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhns
- Newport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sportsmans Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sportsmans Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmans Village
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Debruhls Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Jones Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Perfection
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pollocksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenswood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Olivers Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Olivers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Chadwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chadwick is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Trenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pollocks
(22 miles [35.4 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 Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Tick Bite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graingers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Reelsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Grantsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Alliance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Bayboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stonewall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Arapahoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesott Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Merritt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Vandemere
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Oriental
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pamlico
(21 miles [33.8 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 Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Clayroot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Calico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Shelmerdine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Coxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Quinerly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Grimesland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grimesland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rowes Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Rowes Corner.
Cemeteries Near Rowes Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rowes Corner.
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 Rowes Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rowes Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Stapleford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bridgeton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Bern National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bern Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (47 more) ...
- Lee Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Hill FWB Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Earl Keyes, Jr. Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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 Rowes Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rowes Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rowes Corner, with the one closest to Rowes Corner listed first.
- Olympia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olympia is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia
- New Bern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reelsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- James City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Ernul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Bellair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bellair is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Clark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Thurman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Thurman is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Grantsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jasper is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Tuscarora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Alliance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blounts Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rowes Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rowes Corner.
Newspapers Published in Rowes Corner ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rowes Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rowes Corner, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rowes Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Rowes Corner:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Craven County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Carteret County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Pamlico County
- Pitt 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rowes Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rowes Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |