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 Swelton Heights (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 Swelton Heights. 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 Swelton Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Swelton Heights: Swelton Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 doctors 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.
Swelton Heights is located in Nash 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 Nash County: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Swelton Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swelton Heights:
- Nash County (The home county of Swelton Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- North Green
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Halifax Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Dortches
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dortches is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Ashburk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Easonburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Westry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Westry is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westry
- Drake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Drake is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Joyners Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Langley Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Regency Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Regency Estates is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Estates
- Snells Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Snells Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells Crossroads
- Gold Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Rocky Mount
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Battleboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Hartsease
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Gethsemane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Whitakers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Leggett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Summerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Henrietta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- White Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Bunn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mapleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Sutton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Louisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Ingleside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Fieldsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Speights Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- White Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Enfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Roseneath
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Brinkleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Heathsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Hollister
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hobgood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Scotland Neck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braswells Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Airlie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Allen Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Johnston County
- Stancils Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Oak City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hassell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Parmele
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Fountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Falkland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Whitehurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Wake County
- Zebulon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Arcola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Lickskillet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Eureka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fremont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Elm City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eastwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Sims
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Scotts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Black Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Stantonsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lucama
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swelton Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Swelton Heights.
Cemeteries Near Swelton Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swelton Heights.
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 Swelton Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swelton Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Battle Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pineview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northeastern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Mount Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Drake Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Powell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Swelton Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Swelton Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swelton Heights, with the one closest to Swelton Heights listed first.
- Rocky Mount
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Battleboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Red Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
- Penelo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Penelo is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelo
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hartsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Elm City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whitakers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilliardston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Dukes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dukes is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Leggett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Glenview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Glenview is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swelton Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swelton Heights.
Newspapers Published in Swelton Heights ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swelton Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swelton Heights, 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 Swelton Heights.
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 Swelton Heights:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Nash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Martin County
- Pitt County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wayne County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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 Swelton Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swelton Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |