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 Vinegar Hill (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 Vinegar Hill. 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 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.
Vinegar Hill is located in Columbus 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 Columbus County: Bladen, Brunswick, Pender, Robeson & Horry (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Vinegar Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vinegar Hill:
- Columbus County (The home county of Vinegar Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Emerson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Cribb Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Clarendon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Ironhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Tabor City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Pine Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Level is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Nakina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nakina is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chadbourn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grist
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grist is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
- Brunswick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bug Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Clarkton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Bladenboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rosindale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Butters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Council
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Council is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Ash
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Longwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Exum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Makatoka
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
- Carolina Shores
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
- Calabash
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shallotte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean Isle Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Barnesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Marietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marietta is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Orrum
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Proctorville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Proctorville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Fairmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Dillon County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Lake View
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Horry County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Loris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Sea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Finklea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Daisy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Gurley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Little Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Little Town is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Longs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cebu ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cebu is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebu
- Hand
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hand is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Allen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Vina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vina is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Cool Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cool Spring is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Hickory Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Marion County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Nichols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mullins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vinegar Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Vinegar Hill.
Cemeteries Near Vinegar Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vinegar Hill.
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 Vinegar Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vinegar Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Myrtle Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spivey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meares Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cribb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Todd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Soles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fowler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cribb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Norris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hardee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- Prince Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Soles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Vinegar Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vinegar Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vinegar Hill, with the one closest to Vinegar Hill listed first.
- Emerson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Ironhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Clarendon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Mollie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mollie is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Loris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Finklea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Chadbourn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dothan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dothan is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
- Bug Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
- Daisy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Old Dock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Old Dock is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
- Cerro Gordo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Whiteville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gurley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gurley is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Pireway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pireway is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vinegar Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vinegar Hill.
Newspapers Published in Vinegar Hill ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vinegar Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vinegar Hill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vinegar Hill.
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 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 Vinegar Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Columbus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Brunswick County
- Robeson County
- Dillon County
- Horry County
- Marion 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> | 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 Vinegar Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Vinegar Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |