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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 Stallings 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 Stallings 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 Stallings 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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Stallings Crossroads: Stallings Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Stallings Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stallings Crossroads may originally have been Stalling's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stallings Crossroads might be written as Stalling Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stallings Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stallings 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 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.
Stallings Crossroads is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Wake & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Stallings Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stallings Crossroads:
- Franklin County (The home county of Stallings Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- White Level
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Mapleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Louisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Ingleside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Bunn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Katesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Sutton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Franklinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Youngsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Battleboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitakers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Fairport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Wilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Clay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Mount Energy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Tar River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Creedmoor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Hollister
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Brinkleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Airlie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Heathsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Littleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Archer Lodge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Lancaster Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Castalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Edwards Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Matthews Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Hunts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Bass Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Taylors Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Dukes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Spring Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Bobbitt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Gillburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Kittrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Pond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Adcock Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- South Henderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Henderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Dabney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Drewry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Rolesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Wyatt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Eagle Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Wendell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Light
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Neuse Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Neuse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Knightdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Lickskillet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Arcola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Afton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Warrenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Soul City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Manson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Macon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Norlina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vaughan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Warren Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Church Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Sims
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elm City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Scotts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Wilson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stallings Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Stallings Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Stallings Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stallings 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.
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 Stallings Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stallings Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Stallings Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- White Level Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hedgepeth Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Boseman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gay Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<5>
While we didn't find Stallings Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stallings Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stallings Crossroads, with the one closest to Stallings Crossroads listed first.
- Justice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Mapleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Laurel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Castalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Hunts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Moulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moulton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Louisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Ingleside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Spring Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dukes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Katesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Sutton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stallings Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stallings Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Stallings 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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stallings Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stallings Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stallings 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 professional and volunteer 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 Stallings Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Nash County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stallings Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Stallings Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |