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 Spring Hope (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 Spring Hope. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Spring Hope is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Hope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Hope:
- Wayne County (The home county of Spring Hope)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Brogden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Genoa
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Dudley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Berkeley Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Elroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Mount Olive
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grantham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Raynor Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Walnut Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Calypso
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Beautancus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beautancus is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
- Blizzards Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Faison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drummersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Hills Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Summerlins Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Herrings Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Friendship
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Gradys Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Scotts Store
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Jason
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Glenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Contentnea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Speights Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Hookerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Maury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Fieldsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Princeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bentonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Rains Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Harper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Pine Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kenly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Micro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Redwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Beulahtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Selma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Wise Forks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Hargetts Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- La Grange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fields
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Deep Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Albrittons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Pink Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kinston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kinfield Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Loftins Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Graingers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Newton Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Keener
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Blackmans Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Turkey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vann Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Elliott
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Beaman Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Moltonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
- Kitty Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spiveys Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Reynolds Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Black Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Lucama
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stantonsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Eastwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Saratoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Hope, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Hope.
Cemeteries Near Spring Hope ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Hope.
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 Spring Hope - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Hope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Woodland Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wayne Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Augustus Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Dale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram Grantham Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Hope Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carver Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary Of The Angels Catholic Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dobbs County Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Spring Hope in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Hope.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Hope, with the one closest to Spring Hope listed first.
- Dudley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Greenleaf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Best
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Dobbersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dobbersville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbersville
- Seven Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Faison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pikeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- La Grange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bentonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Outlaws Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Hope. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Hope.
Newspapers Published in Spring Hope ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Hope.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Hope, 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 Spring Hope.
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 Spring Hope:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Sampson 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Hope) 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 Spring Hope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |