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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 Smiths Corner (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 Smiths Corner. 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 Smiths Corner ...

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 Smiths Corner: Smiths Cor. (or less commonly used: Smiths Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Smiths Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Smiths Corner may originally have been Smith's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Smiths Corner might be written as Smith Corner.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smiths Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smiths Corner.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Smiths Corner is located in Camden 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 Camden County: Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank & Tyrrell.

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

  • Camden County     (The home county of Smiths Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Riddle
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Riddle is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
    • Shiloh
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Shiloh is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Alder Branch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Alder Branch is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
    • Elizabeth City Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Elizabeth City Beach is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Beach
    • Belcross
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Belcross is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
    • Camden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • South Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Horseshoe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Horseshoe is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
  • Chowan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Center Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Center Hill is located in Chowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
    • Gliden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Gliden is located in Chowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
  • Currituck County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Coinjock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Shawboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Barco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Aydlett
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Aydlett is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydlett
    • Bertha
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Bertha is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
    • Maple
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Maple is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
    • Poplar Branch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Waterlily
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Waterlily is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlily
    • Currituck
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Grandy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Snowden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Snowden is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
    • Jarvisburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Duck
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Ridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • George Town Sands
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • George Town Sands is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Town Sands
    • Poteskeet Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Poteskeet Village is located in Dare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteskeet Village
    • Southern Shores
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kitty Hawk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kill Devil Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Acorn Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Acorn Hill is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Hill
    • Hobbsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Hobbsville is located in Gates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
  • Pasquotank County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Weeksville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
    • Elizabeth City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Nixonton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
  • Perquimans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Woodville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Woodville is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Burgess
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Burgess is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
    • Winfall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hertford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Nicanor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
    • Snug Harbor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Snug Harbor is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
    • Belvidere
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Yeopim Station
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
      • Yeopim Station has also been known as:
      • Yeopim
    • Bethel ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bethel is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Snow Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
  • Tyrrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Fort Landing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Fort Landing is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Landing
    • Alligator
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Alligator is located in Tyrrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
    • Columbia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Virginia Beach City (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
    • Pungo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
    • Sandbridge Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sandbridge Beach is located in Virginia Beach City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandbridge Beach

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

Cemeteries Near Smiths Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smiths Corner.

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 Smiths Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner 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.<5>

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

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

  • Shiloh
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Shiloh is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Indiantown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Indiantown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
  • Old Trap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Trap is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Trap
  • Belcross
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Belcross is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
  • Coinjock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gregory
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gregory is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Shawboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Weeksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
  • Elizabeth City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Poplar Branch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Currituck
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Snowden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Snowden is located in Currituck County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Nixonton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
    • Tulls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Tulls is located in Currituck County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls
    • Jarvisburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Smiths Corner ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smiths Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smiths Corner, 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 Smiths Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Smiths Corner:

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Smiths Corner) 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 Smiths Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.