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 Sandy Bottom (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 Sandy Bottom. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Sandy Bottom is located in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County: Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Bottom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Bottom:
- Lenoir County (The home county of Sandy Bottom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Albrittons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Deep Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Loftins Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Kinston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Grange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kinfield Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Pink Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Graingers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Grifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tick Bite
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Cove City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Fort Barnwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Tuscarora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Clark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Gradys Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Drummersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Resaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Albertson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Outlaws Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Herrings Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Pleasant Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Blizzards Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Kornegay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kornegay is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornegay
- Leon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Scotts Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Red Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Glenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Hookerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Contentnea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Maury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Speights Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Wise Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hargetts Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Combs Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Taylors Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Sassers Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Phillips Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Comfort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Pollocks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Trenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Huffmantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Richlands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Mill Pond Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Half Moon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Shamrock Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Quinerly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Rountree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Ayden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Renston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Coxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Farmville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Clayroot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Winterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Red Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Shelmerdine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Summerfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Sampson County
- Turkey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Seven Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walnut Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Elroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Berkeley Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Saulston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Brogden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Dudley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Goldsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mar-Mac Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Mar-Mac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Wilson County
- Stantonsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Bottom, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Bottom.
Cemeteries Near Sandy Bottom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Bottom.
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 Sandy Bottom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Bottom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- George W. Holland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Council F. Jarman Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Thomas Jefferson Kennedy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Humphrey - Harper Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pinelawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wiley Rouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jesse Kennedy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Askew Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew Family Cemetery
- The Askew Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benjamin F. Parrott Cemetery
- J.T. Askew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2440934 <2>
- Continue List (90 more) ...
- Ben Hines Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Isaac Hines / Liddell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arnett - Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Sandy Bottom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandy Bottom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
- Falling Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- Strabane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Deep Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Kinston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Grange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Outlaws Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Albertson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Resaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Institute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Institute is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
- Jason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Best
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Leon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Bottom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Bottom.
Newspapers Published in Sandy Bottom ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Bottom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Bottom, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Bottom.
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 Sandy Bottom:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Lenoir County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Onslow County
- Pitt County
- Sampson 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- Sandy Bottom) 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 Sandy Bottom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |