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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 Saint Pauls (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 Pauls. 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 Pauls ...

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.

Another variation: Saint Paul.

  • A typical abbreviation for Saint Pauls: St. Pauls

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Pauls. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Pauls.

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 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 Pauls is located in Robeson 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 Robeson County: Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland, Dillon (SC) & Marlboro (SC).

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

  • Robeson County     (The home county of Saint Pauls)
  • Bladen County
  • Columbus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Pauls, with the one closest to Saint Pauls listed first.
    • Boardman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Boardman is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Evergreen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Mount Olive
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Williamson Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Cumberland County
  • Harnett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Pauls, with the one closest to Saint Pauls listed first.
    • Overhills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Twin Lakes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Hoke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Pauls, with the one closest to Saint Pauls listed first.
    • Dundarrach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
    • Gold Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockfish
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockfish is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Raeford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver City is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Bowmore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bowmore is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
    • Timberland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Timberland is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
    • Five Points
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Five Points is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Ashley Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
  • Moore County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Sampson County
  • Scotland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Pauls, with the one closest to Saint Pauls listed first.
    • Crump Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Crump Town is located in Scotland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
    • New Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • New Town is located in Scotland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Wagram
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • East Laurinburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
    • Laurinburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hasty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Dillon County (SC)

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

Cemeteries Near Saint Pauls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Pauls.

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 Pauls - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Fisher Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • McKinnon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Powers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • County Line Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tyson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Boone Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Boone Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • McMillan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Parnell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wellington Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Toller Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (299 more) ...
    • McNeill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicholson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Condly Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Saint Pauls had a population of 35 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Saint Pauls had a population of 2,290 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Saint Pauls ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Pauls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Pauls, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Pauls.

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 Saint Pauls:

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>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 Pauls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Pauls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.