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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 Sholars 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 Sholars 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 Sholars 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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Sholars Crossroads: Sholars Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Sholars Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sholars Crossroads may originally have been Sholar's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sholars Crossroads might be written as Sholar 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 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.

Sholars Crossroads is located in Duplin County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Duplin County: Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pender, Sampson & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Sholars Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sholars Crossroads:

  • Duplin County     (The home county of Sholars Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.
    • Sloan
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sloan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
      • Sloan is located in Duplin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sloan
      • From Sholars Crossroads to Sloan
    • Pin Hook
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pin Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
      • Pin Hook is located in Duplin County
    • Maready
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Chinquapin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cypress Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pasley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pasley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasley
      • Pasley is located in Duplin County
    • Cartersville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
      • Cartersville is located in Duplin County
    • Hancheys Store
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Catherine Square
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lyman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lyman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Lyman is located in Duplin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lyman
      • From Sholars Crossroads to Lyman
    • Jacksons Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Greenevers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenevers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenevers
      • Greenevers is located in Duplin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 649 people
    • Murphey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bladen County
    • Long View
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
      • Long View is located in Bladen County
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.
    • Hargetts Crossroads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylors Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Comfort
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Combs Fork
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Combs Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
      • Combs Fork is located in Jones County
    • Phillips Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Shady Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenoir County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.
    • Pink Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pink Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
      • Pink Hill is located in Lenoir County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pink Hill <4>
    • Deep Run
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • New Hanover County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.
    • Castle Hayne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hayne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hayne
      • Castle Hayne is located in New Hanover County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castle Hayne <4>
    • Skippers Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skippers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers Corner
      • Skippers Corner is located in New Hanover County
  • Onslow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.
    • Catherine Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Richlands
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
      • Richlands is located in Onslow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richlands <4>
    • Half Moon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Half Moon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
      • Half Moon is located in Onslow County
    • Mill Pond Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Pond Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
      • Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
    • Shamrock Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
      • Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
    • Acorn Forest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cardinal Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cardinal Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
      • Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
    • Jacksonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Foxhorn Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxhorn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhorn Village
      • Foxhorn Village is located in Onslow County
    • Folkstone
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Ridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
      • Holly Ridge is located in Onslow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,092 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holly Ridge <4>
    • Pumpkin Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
      • Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
    • Aragona Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aragona Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragona Village
      • Aragona Village is located in Onslow County
  • Pender County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.
    • Maple Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Willard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
      • Willard is located in Pender County
    • Murray Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murray Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Town
      • Murray Town is located in Pender County
    • Watha
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watha have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watha
      • Watha is located in Pender County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Burgaw
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burgaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgaw
      • Burgaw is located in Pender County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burgaw <4>
    • Saint Helena
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helena
      • Saint Helena is located in Pender County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Ashton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ashton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
      • Ashton is located in Pender County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ashton
      • From Sholars Crossroads to Ashton
    • Rocky Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Topsail
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Atkinson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Atkinson is located in Pender County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atkinson <4>
    • Currie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampstead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Brown Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
      • Brown Town is located in Pender County
  • Sampson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.
    • Delway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Elliott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Turkey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
      • Turkey is located in Sampson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 292 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turkey <4>
    • Ivanhoe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Kerr
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kerr. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
      • Kerr is located in Sampson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kerr
      • From Sholars Crossroads to Kerr
    • Moltonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tomahawk
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sholars Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Sholars Crossroads.

Cemeteries Near Sholars Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sholars 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sholars Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.

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.<7>

While we didn't find Sholars Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sholars Crossroads.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sholars Crossroads, with the one closest to Sholars Crossroads listed first.

  • Sloan
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sloan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
    • Sloan is located in Duplin County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sloan
    • From Sholars Crossroads to Sloan
  • Chinquapin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lyman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lyman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
    • Lyman is located in Duplin County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lyman
    • From Sholars Crossroads to Lyman
  • Maple Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hallsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
    • Hallsville is located in Duplin County
  • Angola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
    • Angola is located in Onslow County
  • Beulaville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Teachey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teachey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teachey
    • Teachey is located in Duplin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • Wallace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Wallace is located in Duplin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,859 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <4>
  • Cyrus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cyrus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrus
    • Cyrus is located in Onslow County
  • Catherine Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Rose Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Safe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Safe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
      • Safe is located in Duplin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Safe
      • From Sholars Crossroads to Safe
    • Sarecta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Burgaw
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burgaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgaw
      • Burgaw is located in Pender County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burgaw <4>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sholars Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sholars Crossroads.

Newspapers Published in Sholars 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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sholars Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sholars Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sholars Crossroads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Sholars Crossroads:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sholars Crossroads. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Duplin County: www.duplincounty.org/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Sholars Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sholars Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7629, Longitude: -77.8005       In this case, the coordinates for Sholars Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Sholars Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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