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 Speight (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 Speight. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Speight is located in Pitt 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 Pitt County: Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Martin & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Speight. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Speight:
- Pitt County (The home county of Speight)
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Heritage Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ripple City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Bells Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Simpson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Summerfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Winterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Pactolus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pactolus is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Grimesland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grimesland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Rosedale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Chocowinity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Washington Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- River Road
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Pinetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pinetown is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
- Walla Watta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Blounts Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Whitepost
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Bath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Fort Barnwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Vanceboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Ernul
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Cove City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Lima
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Cobb Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Conetoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conetoe is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conetoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Sharp Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Macclesfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetops
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coakley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Coakley is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley
- Henrietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Princeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Tarboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hope Lodge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Lodge is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lodge
- Summerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Maury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Hookerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Snow Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Speights Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Contentnea
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Jason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Halifax County
- Hobgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Perfection
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Wise Forks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Grifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tick Bite
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Graingers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinfield Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Kinston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fields
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Loftins Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Parmele
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Robersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Grass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Grass is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Everetts
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Everetts is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Gold Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Hassell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Williamston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oak City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jamesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Saratoga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eastwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Speight, see our County-by-County Page for Speight.
Cemeteries Near Speight ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Speight.
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 Speight - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Speight covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pinewood Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Homestead Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gleenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brownhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Simpson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Taft Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lorenzo Nobles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- William H. Edwards Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas H. Langley Family Cemetery
- Grimes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Henry W. Martin Cemetery
- Continue List (88 more) ...
- Wesley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehurst Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Speight in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Speight.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Speight, with the one closest to Speight listed first.
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Winterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pactolus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pactolus is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Redallia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Redallia is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redallia
- Black Jack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Black Jack is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Grimesland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grimesland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Renston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Ayden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chicod
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chicod is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicod
- Rountree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Latham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Latham is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hollands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollands is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Falkland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Littlefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Littlefield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Speight. See our List of 1890's Communities around Speight.
Newspapers Published in Speight ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Speight.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Speight, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Speight.
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 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 Speight:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pitt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Craven County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Speight) 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 Speight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |