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 Stilley (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 Stilley. 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 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.
Stilley is located in Beaufort 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 Beaufort County: Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Stilley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stilley:
- Beaufort County (The home county of Stilley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Edward
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blounts Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bath
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitepost
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- River Road
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Washington Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Ransomville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Chocowinity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walla Watta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Pinetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pinetown is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Spring Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Spring Hope is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
- Ernul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Vanceboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lima
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- New Bern
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Harbour
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
- James City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Clark
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Old Town Harbor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- Snug Harbor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Trent Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- Tuscarora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Hyde County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Germantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Sladesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Scranton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scranton is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Mount Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Perfection
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Debruhls Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Jones Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Oak Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pollocksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Olivers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Pollocks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Ravenswood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenswood is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Grifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tick Bite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Grantsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Reelsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Bay City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Alliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bayboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Vandemere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Mesic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Lowland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lowland is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Merritt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Hobucken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- Arapahoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Minnesott Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Clayroot
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Calico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Shelmerdine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Grimesland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grimesland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Coxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Quinerly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Pactolus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pactolus is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Simpson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Bells Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Windsor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Heritage Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Winterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ayden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- Wenona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wenona is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stilley, see our County-by-County Page for Stilley.
Cemeteries Near Stilley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stilley.
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 Stilley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stilley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Melvin Earl Keyes, Jr. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oakhaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rowe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bonner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- W.H. Marslender Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Ware Creek MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- White Hill FWB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- James I. Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- High Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edwards Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stapleford Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- Caleb Williams Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Celestial Memorial Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Samuel Moore Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuel Moore Cemetery
- The Samuel Moore Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moore Cemetery
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 Stilley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stilley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stilley, with the one closest to Stilley listed first.
- Blounts Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gilead is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Idalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Idalia is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idalia
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ernul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Bath
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vanceboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Creek
- Bunyan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bunyan is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Olympia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Olympia is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia
- Reelsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Grantsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lima
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Alliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ransomville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stilley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stilley.
Newspapers Published in Stilley ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stilley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stilley, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stilley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Stilley:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Beaufort County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Hyde County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Pamlico County
- Pitt County
- Washington 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> | 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- Stilley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Stilley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |