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 Sealevel (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 Sealevel. 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 and 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.
Sealevel is located in Carteret 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 Carteret County: Craven, Hyde, Jones, Onslow & Pamlico.
Below are the counties that are near Sealevel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sealevel:
- Carteret County (The home county of Sealevel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sealevel, with the one closest to Sealevel listed first.
- Stacy
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stacy is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Atlantic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Williston is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Cedar Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smyrna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallberg is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
- Otway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otway is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otway
- Yucca Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yucca Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucca Village
- Bettie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bettie is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Gloucester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gloucester is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester
- Sportsmans Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sportsmans Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmans Village
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sealevel, with the one closest to Sealevel listed first.
- Bachelor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
- Hancock Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hancock Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
- Havelock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Havelock is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
- Manteo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Manteo is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Slocum Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Slocum Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
- Hyde County
- Ocracoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sealevel, with the one closest to Sealevel listed first.
- Oriental
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pamlico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Merritt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Minnesott Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Arapahoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mesic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Stonewall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Vandemere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Hobucken
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- Alliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bayboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sealevel, see our County-by-County Page for Sealevel.
Cemeteries Near Sealevel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sealevel.
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 Sealevel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sealevel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sealevel, with the one closest to Sealevel listed first.
- Isaiah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stacy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Atlantic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Atlantic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Atlantic.
- The Atlantic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Over the Brook Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244961 <2>
- Murphy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lupton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gilgo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Royals Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tuttles Grove UMC Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ocean View Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nolan Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bay View Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bethel Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Babb - Dixon Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
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 Sealevel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sealevel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sealevel, with the one closest to Sealevel listed first.
- Atlantic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roe is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Marshallberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallberg is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
- Straits
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Straits is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Merrimon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Merrimon is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimon
- Beaufort
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pamlico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Oriental
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bachelor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Morehead City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Portsmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Portsmouth is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Florence
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Kershaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kershaw is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sealevel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sealevel.
Newspapers Published in Sealevel ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sealevel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sealevel, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sealevel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sealevel:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Carteret County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Hyde County
- Pamlico 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 '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- Sealevel) 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 Sealevel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |