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 Soul City (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 Soul City. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Soul City is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Franklin, Halifax, Northampton, Vance, Brunswick (VA) & Mecklenburg (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Soul City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Soul City:
- Warren County (The home county of Soul City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Manson
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Snow Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Norlina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Afton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Warren Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Warrenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Wise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Macon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lickskillet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Church Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Vaughan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Arcola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Alert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Ingleside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- White Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Louisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Katesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Mapleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Franklinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Youngsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Townsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bullock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stovall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Gela
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Fairport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Oxford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Tar River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Wilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Berea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Wilbourns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Hester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Littleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hollister
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Airlie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Brinkleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Ringwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Heathsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Aventon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Castalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lancaster Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Matthews Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Taylors Store
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Edwards Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Mays Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Dukes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Hilliardston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Hunts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Northampton County
- Henrico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Middleburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Drewry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Adcock Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gillburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- South Henderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Bear Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Dabney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Bobbitt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Gasburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brodnax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ankum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gholsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Netta ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Ezell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Virgilina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aarons Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Lunenburg County (VA)
- Bagleys Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Palmer Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Cusco Willa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Bracey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Boydton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hagood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Finchley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Shiny Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Union Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- La Crosse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffress
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Spotsylvania County (VA)
- Brokenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Soul City, see our County-by-County Page for Soul City.
Cemeteries Near Soul City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Soul City.
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 Soul City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Soul City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Manson Missionary Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whites Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Warren Dale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Warrenton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Alpha Omega Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blacknall Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Soul City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Soul City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Soul City, with the one closest to Soul City listed first.
- Manson
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ridgeway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Middleburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brookston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brookston is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
- Greystone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greystone is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Afton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Warrenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Wise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Henderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Keats is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keats
- Gillburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Macon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Woodworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodworth is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Palmer Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Soul City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Soul City.
Newspapers Published in Soul City ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Soul City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Soul City, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Soul City.
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 Soul City:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Vance County
- Brunswick County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Spotsylvania 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> | 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 Soul City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Soul City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |