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 Tiny Oak Fork (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 Tiny Oak Fork. 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 Tiny Oak Fork ...
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 Tiny Oak Fork: Tiny Oak Frk.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Tiny Oak Fork is located in Hyde 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 Hyde County: Beaufort, Dare, Tyrrell & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Tiny Oak Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tiny Oak Fork:
- Hyde County (The home county of Tiny Oak Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiny Oak Fork, with the one closest to Tiny Oak Fork listed first.
- Swan Quarter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Germantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Germantown is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Scranton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scranton is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Last Chance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Last Chance is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Lake Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
- Sladesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Nebraska
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nebraska is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- White Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- White Plains is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Engelhard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ocracoke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiny Oak Fork, with the one closest to Tiny Oak Fork listed first.
- Belhaven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ransomville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Pantego
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pantego is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Pungo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pungo is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
- Union Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gaylord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
- Bath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carteret County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiny Oak Fork, with the one closest to Tiny Oak Fork listed first.
- Portsmouth Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Portsmouth Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Village
- Portsmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Portsmouth is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Cedar Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiny Oak Fork, with the one closest to Tiny Oak Fork listed first.
- Lowland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowland is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Hobucken
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- Mesic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Vandemere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Pamlico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Tyrrell County
- New Lands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Lands is located in Tyrrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lands
- Washington County
- Wenona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wenona is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tiny Oak Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Tiny Oak Fork.
Cemeteries Near Tiny Oak Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tiny Oak Fork.
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 Tiny Oak Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tiny Oak Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tiny Oak Fork, with the one closest to Tiny Oak Fork listed first.
- Soule Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donald Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fulford Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Watson Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cahoon Family Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pettigrew Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Babb - Dixon Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Community Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Styron Family Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- British Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the British Cemetery is located in Ocracoke.
- The British Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ocracoke British Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46935 <2>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Ocracoke Community Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neal Family Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Concord Church Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Tiny Oak Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tiny Oak Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tiny Oak Fork, with the one closest to Tiny Oak Fork listed first.
- Swan Quarter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Scranton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scranton is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Lake Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
- Sladesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Makleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Makleyville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makleyville
- Middletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Leechville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leechville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
- Engelhard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hobucken
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- Ransomville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- South Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gum Neck
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gum Neck is located in Tyrrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Neck
- Mesic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Pungo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pungo is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tiny Oak Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tiny Oak Fork.
Newspapers Published in Tiny Oak Fork ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tiny Oak Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tiny Oak Fork, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tiny Oak Fork.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Tiny Oak Fork:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Hyde County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Carteret County
- Pamlico County
- Tyrrell County
- Washington 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 Tiny Oak Fork, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tiny Oak Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |