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 Samaria (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 Samaria. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Samaria is located in Nash 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 Nash County: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Samaria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Samaria:
- Nash County (The home county of Samaria)
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Frazier Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Union Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Rocky Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Murraytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Floods Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Stanhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Middlesex
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Bailey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamm Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lamm Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Mercer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Battleboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Macclesfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Hartsease
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Pinetops
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Louisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Katesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Youngsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wake Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Ingleside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Franklinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Granville County
- Wilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Hollister
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Archer Lodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Beulahtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Kenly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Micro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Clayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson's Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Redwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Rains Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Selma
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Pine Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Bobbitt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gillburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Gill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Zebulon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wendell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Rolesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shotwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Knightdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Forestville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Neuse Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Wyatt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Emerald Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Neuse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brentwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Warren County
- Lickskillet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Fremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nahunta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Eureka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Pikeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Sims
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Spring Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lucama
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elm City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Black Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Eastwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Saratoga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Samaria, see our County-by-County Page for Samaria.
Cemeteries Near Samaria ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Samaria.
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 Samaria - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Samaria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Middlesex Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meeks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jack Bailey Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hocutt Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- St. James Church of Christ Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whitley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodard Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Samaria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Samaria.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Samaria, with the one closest to Samaria listed first.
- Union Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Stanhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Spring Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Earpsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Connor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Hunts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Wendell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Eagle Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Justice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Nashville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Royal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Mapleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Archer Lodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Samaria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Samaria.
Newspapers Published in Samaria ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Samaria.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Samaria, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Samaria.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Samaria:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Nash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Samaria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Samaria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |