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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 Stevens Mill (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 Stevens Mill. 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 Stevens Mill ...

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 Stevens Mill: Stevens Ml. (or less commonly used: Stevens Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Stevens Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stevens Mill may originally have been Steven's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stevens Mill might be written as Steven Mill.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stevens Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stevens Mill.

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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Stevens Mill 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 Stevens Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stevens Mill:

  • Wayne County     (The home county of Stevens Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • Mar-Mac
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
    • Raynor Town
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
    • Genoa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Genoa is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
    • Mar-Mac Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
    • Grantham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Grantham is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
    • Brogden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brogden is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
    • Dudley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Goldsboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Berkeley Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
    • Mount Olive
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Elroy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Elroy is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
    • Nahunta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Nahunta is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
  • Duplin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • Calypso
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Calypso is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
    • Faison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Beautancus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Beautancus is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beautancus
    • Blizzards Crossroads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
    • Hills Crossroads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
    • Bowdens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Bowdens is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdens
    • Friendship
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Friendship is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Drummersville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Drummersville is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
    • Herrings Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
    • Outlaws Bridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
    • Scotts Store
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
    • Summerlins Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • Jason
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jason is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
    • Contentnea
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Contentnea is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
    • Snow Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Glenfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Glenfield is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
    • Speights Bridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
    • Walstonburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Walstonburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
    • Hookerton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Fieldsboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
  • Harnett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • Grove Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Grove Park is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
    • Lakeside Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Dunn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dunn is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,684 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunn <2>
    • Westhaven
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Westhaven is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
    • Turlington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Turlington is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
  • Johnston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • Princeton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bentonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bentonville is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
    • Rains Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
    • Harper
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Harper is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Pine Level
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Micro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Micro is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
    • Fairfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Redwood Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
    • Selma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Selma is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <2>
    • Smithfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Beulahtown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
    • Kenly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Kenly is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenly <2>
  • Lenoir County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • La Grange
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Fields
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fields is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
    • Albrittons
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
    • Deep Run
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
    • Pink Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kinston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Nash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • Bailey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Rogers Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
  • Sampson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • Newton Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackmans Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
    • Keener
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Keener is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
    • Vann Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
    • Beaman Crossroads
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
    • Spiveys Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
    • Turkey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Elliott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Elliott is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Moltonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Plain View
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Plain View is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
    • Clinton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.
    • Lucama
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Black Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Creek is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
    • Scotts
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Scotts is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
    • Stantonsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Eastwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Eastwood is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Sims
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stevens Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Stevens Mill.

Cemeteries Near Stevens Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stevens Mill.

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 Stevens Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stevens Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.

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 Stevens Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stevens Mill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Stevens Mill, with the one closest to Stevens Mill listed first.

  • Dudley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Goldsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Princeton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Greenleaf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
  • Dobbersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dobbersville is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbersville
  • Mount Olive
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bentonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bentonville is located in Johnston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
  • Harper
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Harper is located in Johnston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Elroy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Elroy is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
  • Pikeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinkney
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pinkney is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
  • Saulston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Saulston is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pine Level
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oliver
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Oliver is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
    • Newton Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stevens Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stevens Mill.

Newspapers Published in Stevens Mill ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stevens Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stevens Mill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stevens Mill.

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 Stevens Mill:

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>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 Stevens Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stevens Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.