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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 Stonewall (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 Stonewall. 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 southwest 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 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.

Stonewall is located in Pamlico 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 Pamlico County: Beaufort, Carteret & Craven.

Below are the counties that are near Stonewall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stonewall:

  • Pamlico County     (The home county of Stonewall)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
    • Bayboro
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Alliance
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bay City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay City is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Merritt
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Vandemere
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Grantsboro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mesic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pamlico
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oriental
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Arapahoe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Reelsboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Minnesott Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
    • Aurora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Edward
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Blounts Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
    • Ransomville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Bath
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bath is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
    • Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Pomouk Indian Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomouk Indian Village
    • Whitepost
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Belhaven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • River Road
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • River Road is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
  • Carteret County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
    • Sportsmans Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sportsmans Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmans Village
    • North River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Conner Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Conner Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Village
    • Cedar Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Bettie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Holly Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Holly Springs is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Newport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Crab Point Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Crab Point Village is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
    • Otway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sealevel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stacy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stacy is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
    • Williston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Williston is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
    • Fairfield Harbour
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
    • Spring Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bachelor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bridgeton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Cherry Point ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Neuse Forest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
    • Riverdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • James City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • James City is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
    • New Bern
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Old Town Harbor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
    • Hancock Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hancock Village is located in Craven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
    • Havelock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hyde County
  • Jones County

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

Cemeteries Near Stonewall ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stonewall.

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 Stonewall - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stonewall had a population of 196 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Stonewall had a population of 269 people.

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

  • Bayboro
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Alliance
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Maribel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maribel is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel
  • Vandemere
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Grantsboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Kershaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Kershaw is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
  • Florence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Florence is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Pamlico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mesic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oriental
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Arapahoe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Janeiro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Janeiro is located in Pamlico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeiro
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Stonewall ...

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 Stonewall.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Stonewall. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Stonewall and those printed in the larger area surrounding Stonewall.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Stonewall.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Stonewall:

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 Stonewall, 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- Stonewall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.