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 Straits Haven (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 Straits Haven. 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 Straits Haven ...
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 Straits Haven: Straits Hvn. (or less commonly used: Straits Havn.)
- While the name of this community is Straits Haven, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Straits Haven may originally have been Strait's Haven.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Straits Haven might be written as Strait Haven.
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 and 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.
Straits Haven is located in Carteret 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 Carteret County: Craven, Hyde, Jones, Onslow & Pamlico.
Below are the counties that are near Straits Haven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Straits Haven:
- Carteret County (The home county of Straits Haven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Straits Haven, with the one closest to Straits Haven listed first.
- Straits
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Straits is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Gloucester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gloucester is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester
- Yucca Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yucca Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucca Village
- Harkers Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marshallberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marshallberg is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
- Otway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Otway is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otway
- Smyrna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bettie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bettie is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Beaufort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Williston is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- North River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North River is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Cape Lookout
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cape Lookout is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Lookout
- Crab Point Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crab Point Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straits Haven, with the one closest to Straits Haven listed first.
- Bachelor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Hancock Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
- Manteo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manteo is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
- Havelock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Havelock is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
- Slocum Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slocum Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
- Neuse Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
- Riverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Onslow County
- Swansboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Straits Haven, with the one closest to Straits Haven listed first.
- Oriental
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Minnesott Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Pamlico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Arapahoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Merritt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Stonewall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Bayboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alliance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Straits Haven, see our County-by-County Page for Straits Haven.
Cemeteries Near Straits Haven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Straits Haven.
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 Straits Haven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Straits Haven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Straits Haven, with the one closest to Straits Haven listed first.
- Ocean View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tuttles Grove UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stacy Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nolan Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Isaiah Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Royals Creek Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newport Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Atlantic Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Atlantic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Atlantic.
- The Atlantic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Over the Brook Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244961 <3>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Amariah Garner Memorial Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cannady Memorial Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the west of Newport.
- The Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Quinn - Gould Families Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2435342 <3>
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 Straits Haven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Straits Haven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Straits Haven, with the one closest to Straits Haven listed first.
- Straits
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Straits is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Marshallberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marshallberg is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
- Smyrna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaufort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Davis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morehead City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hollywood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Wildwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Merrimon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Merrimon is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimon
- Bachelor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Newport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Atlantic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oriental
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Janeiro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Janeiro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeiro
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Straits Haven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Straits Haven.
Newspapers Published in Straits Haven ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Straits Haven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Straits Haven, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Straits Haven.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Straits Haven:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Carteret County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Onslow County
- Pamlico 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Straits Haven) 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 Straits Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |