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 Sturdivants 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 Sturdivants 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 Sturdivants 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 Sturdivants Crossroads: Sturdivants Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Sturdivants Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sturdivants Crossroads may originally have been Sturdivant's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sturdivants Crossroads might be written as Sturdivant 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Sturdivants Crossroads is located in Union 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 Union County: Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Stanly, Chesterfield (SC) & Lancaster (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Sturdivants Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sturdivants Crossroads:
- Union County (The home county of Sturdivants Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Allens Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Marshville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wingate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Rest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- Fairfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Altan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Altan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
- Trinity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carmel Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Carmel Village is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Unionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Mineral Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Peachland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Polkton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Jones Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jones Creek is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Sugar Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Wadesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burnsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Morven
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Morven is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
- Ansonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Lilesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Roper ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- McFarlan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- McFarlan is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Midland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Weddington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Matthews
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mint Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Providence ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Montgomery County
- Mount Gilead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Mangum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Cordova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cordova is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Honey Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- Yates Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yates Hill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Hill
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Oakboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stanfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Red Cross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Locust
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Bloomington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Cedar Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Chesterfield County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Pageland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Croghan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <2>
- White Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chesterfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Angelus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Angelus is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
- Patrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cheraw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cheraw is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,554 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheraw <2>
- McBee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McBee is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McBee <2>
- Kershaw County (SC)
- Kershaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Camp Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Primus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Primus is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
- Pleasant Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Heath Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
- Van Wyck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Caskey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caskey is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
- Colonial Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Marlboro County (SC)
- Wallace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sturdivants Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Sturdivants Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Sturdivants Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sturdivants 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 Sturdivants Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sturdivants Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Pine View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Pageland (SC).
- The Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horne Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2240965 <4>
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wingate Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pageland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camden Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camden Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Wadesboro.
- Zoar UMC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (125 more) ...
- Mt. Croghan Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond - Sturdivant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Sturdivants Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sturdivants Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sturdivants Crossroads, with the one closest to Sturdivants Crossroads listed first.
- Peachland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hornsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hornsboro is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsboro
- Poplar Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poplar Hill is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Long Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Long Pine is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pine
- Polkton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Rock Rest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- Deep Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Deep Creek is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Mount Croghan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dudley is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Altan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Altan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
- Ruby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <2>
- Jones Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jones Creek is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Olive Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Olive Branch is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- White Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Wadesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sturdivants Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sturdivants Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Sturdivants 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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sturdivants Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sturdivants Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sturdivants Crossroads.
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 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 Sturdivants Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Richmond County
- Stanly County
- Chesterfield County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Marlboro 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sturdivants 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 Sturdivants Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |