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 Savages Crossroads (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 Savages Crossroads. 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 Savages Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Savages Crossroads: Savages Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Savages Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Savages Crossroads may originally have been Savage's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Savages Crossroads might be written as Savage Crossroads.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Savages Crossroads is located in Gates 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 Gates County: Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Savages Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Savages Crossroads:
- Gates County (The home county of Savages Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Gates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Roduco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- White Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Willeyton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Eure
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gatesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Savage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Savage is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Corapeake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Muddy Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Mintonsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Colerain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Powellsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Hexlena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Aulander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Askewville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Horseshoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- South Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Gliden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Ryland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Center Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mavaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Tunis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Tuscarora Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- South Tunis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Winton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Como
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cofield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Harrellsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Barretts Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Murfreesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ahoskie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poor Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Earleys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Menola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Pendleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Severn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Conway
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Potecasi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Eagletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Lasker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Margarettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Rich Square
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perquimans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Nicanor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Belvidere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winfall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hertford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yeopim Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
- Yeopim Station has also been known as:
- Yeopim
- Chesapeake City (VA)
- Charlton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton Village is located in Chesapeake City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Village
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Isle of Wight County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Carrsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Walters
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Windsor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <2>
- Zuni
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Raynor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Riverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Kingsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Sunbeam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Delaware
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Watkins Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Corner
- Statesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Handsom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Isaac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Cypress Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Edgehill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgehill is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Hunterdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Burdette
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burdette is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Black Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Pittmantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Whaley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Whaleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Holland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Manning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Russell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Kilby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Suffolk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilroy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
- Chuckatuck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
- Driver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Driver is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Shoulders Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Savages Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Savages Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Savages Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Savages Crossroads.
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 Savages Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Savages Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Askew Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Riddick Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Southampton Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackjack Oak Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Oak Cemetery
- The Blackjack Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Oak Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mathias Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Winslow Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Franklin Municipal Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brett Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (101 more) ...
- Brantley Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willoughby 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.<5>
While we didn't find Savages Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Savages Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Savages Crossroads, with the one closest to Savages Crossroads listed first.
- Sarem
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sarem is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarem
- Gates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Dort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dort is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dort
- Willeyton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Eure
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Somerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Somerton is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerton
- Cleopus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cleopus is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopus
- Gatesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riddicksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riddicksville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddicksville
- Tunis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Wiggins Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wiggins Crossroads is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins Crossroads
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- South Quay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Quay is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Quay
- Whaley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Whaleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Savages Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Savages Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Savages Crossroads ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Savages Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Savages Crossroads, 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 Savages Crossroads.
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 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 Savages Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Gates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Camden County
- Chowan County
- Hertford County
- Northampton County
- Perquimans County
- Chesapeake City
- Franklin City
- Isle of Wight County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Savages Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Savages Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |