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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 Saint Johns (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 Saint Johns. 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 Saint Johns ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint Johns: St. Johns
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Johns. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Johns.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Saint Johns is located in Pitt 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 Pitt County: Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Martin & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Saint Johns. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Johns:
- Pitt County (The home county of Saint Johns)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Quinerly
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Coxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Clayroot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Calico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Shelmerdine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Ayden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rountree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Winterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Renston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Bells Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Summerfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Chocowinity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Washington Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blounts Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- River Road
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Edward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whitepost
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Walla Watta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Fort Barnwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Vanceboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cove City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Tuscarora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Ernul
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Lima
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Clark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- River Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Spring Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hope is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
- Bridgeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Bern
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Gradys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Drummersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Resaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Cobb Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Conetoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Hookerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Glenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Snow Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Contentnea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Fieldsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Jason
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Speights Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Perfection
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Wise Forks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Sassers Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Pollocks
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Shady Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Phillips Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Trenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Combs Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Tenmile Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Jones Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Debruhls Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Tick Bite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Graingers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinfield Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loftins Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Albrittons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Fields
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- La Grange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Deep Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Pink Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Bear Grass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Parmele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Pamlico County
- Reelsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Seven Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Elroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Saulston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Saratoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Johns, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Johns.
Cemeteries Near Saint Johns ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Johns.
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 Saint Johns - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Johns covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Quinerly Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Live Oak FWB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grifton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grifton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grifton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Grifton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2285292 <2>
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Artis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rhem Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jesse B. Noble Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McArthur Jenkins & Moore Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- William H. Edwards Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (90 more) ...
- Celestial Memorial Gardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caleb Williams Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Saint Johns in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Johns.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Johns, with the one closest to Saint Johns listed first.
- Johnsons Mills ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Johnsons Mills is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Mills
- Coxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Maplecypress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maplecypress is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecypress
- Grifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fort Barnwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Littlefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Littlefield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Calico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Closs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Closs is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closs
- Ayden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chicod
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chicod is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicod
- Redallia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Redallia is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redallia
- Rountree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hugo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hugo is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Winterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Renston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Johns. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Johns.
Newspapers Published in Saint Johns ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Johns.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Johns, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Johns.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Saint Johns:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Pamlico County
- Wayne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Johns) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Saint Johns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |