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 Stilleys 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 Stilleys 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 Stilleys 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 Stilleys Crossroads: Stilleys Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Stilleys Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stilleys Crossroads may originally have been Stilley's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stilleys Crossroads might be written as Stilley 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 doctors and 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.
Stilleys Crossroads is located in Wilson 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 Wilson County: Edgecombe, Greene, Johnston, Nash, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Stilleys Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stilleys Crossroads:
- Wilson County (The home county of Stilleys Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Sims
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Scotts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Lucama
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eastwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Elm City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stantonsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saratoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Macclesfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Sutton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mapleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Louisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wake Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Youngsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- White Level
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Franklinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Contentnea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Beulahtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Kenly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Micro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Archer Lodge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Redwood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Wilson's Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Selma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Clayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Middlesex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Bailey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Murraytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Union Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Samaria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Rocky Cross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- High Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Frazier Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Floods Chapel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Zebulon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wendell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Knightdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Rolesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Skycrest Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Timberlake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Neuse Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Garner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Nahunta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Fremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Raynor Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Goldsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Mar-Mac Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Mar-Mac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Genoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Berkeley Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Grantham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stilleys Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Stilleys Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Stilleys Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stilleys 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 Stilleys Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stilleys Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- St. James Church of Christ Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hicks Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the south of Stancils Chapel.
- The Hicks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hicks Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524837 <3>
- Middlesex Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greswell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cattail Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Batten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan Godwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hocutt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Wheeler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eason Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Stilleys Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stilleys Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stilleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Stilleys Crossroads listed first.
- Connor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Earpsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Union Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Bagley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Kenly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Micro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Wendell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Archer Lodge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Lucama
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson's Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Stanhope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Eagle Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Selma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shotwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Sutton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- 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 Stilleys Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stilleys Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Stilleys 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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stilleys Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stilleys Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stilleys Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Stilleys Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Nash County
- Wake County
- Wayne 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stilleys 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 Stilleys Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |