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 Union (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 Union. 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.
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.
Union is located in Hertford 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 Hertford County: Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Northampton & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Union. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Union:
- Hertford County (The home county of Union)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Poor Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Ahoskie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Earleys
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Menola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Cofield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Winton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Tunis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Tuscarora Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Tunis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Murfreesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barretts Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Como
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harrellsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Aulander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Hexlena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Powellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Kelford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kelford is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Roxobel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Askewville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Askewville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Colerain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Lewiston Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Drew
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Drew is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Windsor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edenhouse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edenhouse is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenhouse
- Edenhouse has also been known as:
- Eden House Point
- Eden House
- Edenhouse Point
- Merry Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
- Chowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Gliden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Ryland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Mavaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Center Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Center Hill is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Edenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Eure
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roduco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- Gatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Gates
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Willeyton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Mintonsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
- Mitchells Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mitchells Fork is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Fork
- Muddy Cross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Hobbsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Sunbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Savage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Savage is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Braswells Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Braswells Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswells Crossroads
- Scotland Neck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tillery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hobgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Hamilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eagletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Potecasi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Conway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Severn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Lasker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Rich Square
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Seaboard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perquimans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Snow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Belvidere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nicanor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Yeopim Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
- Yeopim Station has also been known as:
- Yeopim
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greensville County (VA)
- Claresville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Carrsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Statesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Riverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Sunbeam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Boykins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newsoms
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Branchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Delaware
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Handsom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Kingsdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Shiloh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Watkins Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Corner
- Cypress Manor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Hunterdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Pittmantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Whaleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Whaley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Union, see our County-by-County Page for Union.
Cemeteries Near Union ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union.
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 Union - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Union covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Brinkley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Britt - Benthall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brantley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willoughby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vann Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stony Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eastview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (99 more) ...
- Askew Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brown Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Union had a population of 102 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
- Saint John
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Ahoskie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Earleys
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Menola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Menola is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Winton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mapleton is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- South Tunis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Aulander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Murfreesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Hexlena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Powellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eure
(11 miles [17.7 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 Union. See our List of 1890's Communities around Union.
Newspapers Published in Union ...
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 Union.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Union.
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 Union:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Hertford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Chowan County
- Gates County
- Halifax County
- Martin County
- Northampton County
- Perquimans County
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Isle of Wight County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |