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 Landing (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 Landing. 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 Sandy Landing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sandy Landing: Sandy Lndg. (or less commonly used: Sandy Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sandy Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sandy Landing.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Landing is located in Beaufort 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 Beaufort County: Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Sandy Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandy Landing:
- Beaufort County (The home county of Sandy Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Landing, with the one closest to Sandy Landing listed first.
- Ransomville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Belhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pantego
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pantego is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gaylord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
- Whitepost
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Pungo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pungo is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
- Pinetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetown is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
- Walla Watta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Union Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Landing, with the one closest to Sandy Landing listed first.
- Spring Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hope is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
- Ernul
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Vanceboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Landing, with the one closest to Sandy Landing listed first.
- Sladesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Germantown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Scranton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Scranton is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Mount Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Swan Quarter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Landing, with the one closest to Sandy Landing listed first.
- Dardens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dardens is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dardens
- Jamesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Landing, with the one closest to Sandy Landing listed first.
- Lowland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lowland is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Hobucken
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- Mesic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Vandemere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Bay City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Alliance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bayboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Grantsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Merritt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Pamlico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Reelsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Pitt County
- Grimesland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grimesland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Landing, with the one closest to Sandy Landing listed first.
- Wenona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wenona is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Roper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Westover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandy Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Sandy Landing.
Cemeteries Near Sandy Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Landing.
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 Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandy Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandy Landing, with the one closest to Sandy Landing listed first.
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- James I. Moore Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bonner Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rowe Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Old Ware Creek MB Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- High Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Watson Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakhaven Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Hill FWB Church Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- W.H. Marslender Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (32 more) ...
- Melvin Earl Keyes, Jr. Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wootentown Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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 Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandy Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandy Landing, with the one closest to Sandy Landing listed first.
- Ransomville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Yeatesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yeatesville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatesville
- Pantego
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pantego is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gaylord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
- Makleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Makleyville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makleyville
- South Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- South Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Creek
- Sladesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Leechville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leechville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
- Pungo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pungo is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scranton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Scranton is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Idalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Idalia is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idalia
- Bunyan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bunyan is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Gilead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gilead is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandy Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandy Landing.
Newspapers Published in Sandy Landing ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Landing, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Landing.
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 Sandy Landing:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Beaufort County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Hyde County
- Martin County
- Pamlico County
- Pitt County
- Washington 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' (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- Sandy Landing) 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 Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |