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 Starmont (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 Starmont. 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 doctors 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.
Starmont is located in Johnston 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 Johnston County: Harnett, Nash, Sampson, Wake, Wayne & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Starmont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Starmont:
- Johnston County (The home county of Starmont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Clayton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Archer Lodge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Wilson's Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Willow Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- West Smithfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stancils Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Redwood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Four Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Micro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham County
- Cary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Morrisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Brassfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Parkwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Sutton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Wake Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bunn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Youngsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Katesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Franklinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Barclaysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Angier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coats
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Chalybeate Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Buies Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Lakeside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Westhaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Kipling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Duncan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Duncan is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Grove Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Cape Fear
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Rogers Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Middlesex
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Murraytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Union Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Rocky Cross
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Bailey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Frazier Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Floods Chapel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- High Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Stanhope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Blackmans Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Newton Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Plain View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Shotwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Emerald Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Eagle Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Knightdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wendell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hopedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Hertford Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hertford Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertford Village
- Skycrest Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Timberlake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Raleigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McCullers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McCullers is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Nahunta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Raynor Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Fremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pikeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grantham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Sims
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scotts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Lucama
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Black Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Spring Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Starmont, see our County-by-County Page for Starmont.
Cemeteries Near Starmont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Starmont.
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 Starmont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Starmont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Horne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McCullers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wodd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sasser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hinton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Wall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Starmont in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Starmont.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Starmont, with the one closest to Starmont listed first.
- Clayton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Archer Lodge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Shotwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Wilson's Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Wendell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Garner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Milburnie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milburnie is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnie
- Spilona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spilona is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spilona
- Smithfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Earpsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Raleigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Four Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Starmont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Starmont.
Newspapers Published in Starmont ...
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 280 newspapers that have been published in the area around Starmont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Starmont, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Starmont.
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 websites either 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 Starmont:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Johnston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Harnett County
- Nash County
- Sampson County
- Wake 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> | 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 Starmont, 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' (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- Starmont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |