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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 Stotts 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 Stotts 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 Stotts 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 Stotts Crossroads: Stotts Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Stotts Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stotts Crossroads may originally have been Stott's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stotts Crossroads might be written as Stott Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stotts Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stotts 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 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.
Stotts 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 Stotts Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stotts Crossroads:
- Wilson County (The home county of Stotts Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Sims
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Scotts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Spring Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lucama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Eastwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Elm City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stantonsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga
(17 miles [27.4 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 Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Macclesfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mercer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Lancaster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Pinetops
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Hartsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Hartsease
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Battleboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Summerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Sutton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- White Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Louisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Youngsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Contentnea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Jason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Snow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Kenly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Rains Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Archer Lodge
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Pine Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wilson's Mills
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Smithfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Bailey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Floods Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Stanhope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Strickland Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cliftonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Middlesex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rogers Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Winstead Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Frazier Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Samaria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Lamm Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lamm Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Fountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farmville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Falkland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Zebulon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wendell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Knightdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rolesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Emerald Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Neuse Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Skycrest Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Timberlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Brentwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Fremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nahunta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Pikeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Saulston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Goldsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Raynor Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Berkeley Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- 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
- Elroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Genoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Mar-Mac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Brogden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stotts Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Stotts Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Stotts Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stotts 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 Stotts Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stotts Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Eli P. Haynes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan Godwin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Middlesex Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. James Church of Christ Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hicks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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<3> 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 <4>
- Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery
- The Woodard - Atkinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Woodard Cemetery
- Shoeheel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- Toisnot Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cattail Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Batten Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Stotts Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stotts Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stotts Crossroads, with the one closest to Stotts Crossroads listed first.
- Connor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Lucama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stanhope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Kenly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Black Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Union Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Bagley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Elm City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Earpsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Spring Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Micro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pinkney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Fremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sharpsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stotts Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stotts Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Stotts 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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stotts Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stotts Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stotts 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 Stotts 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
- Pitt 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Stotts Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Stotts Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |