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 Walkers Store (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 Walkers Store. 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 Walkers Store ...
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.
While the name of this community is Walkers Store, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Walkers Store may originally have been Walker's Store.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Walkers Store might be written as Walker Store.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Walkers Store. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walkers Store.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Walkers Store is located in Pender 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 Pender County: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow & Sampson.
Below are the counties that are near Walkers Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walkers Store:
- Pender County (The home county of Walkers Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Ashton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Saint Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Helena is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Rocky Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burgaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Murray Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Murray Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Town
- Watha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watha is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Brown Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Hampstead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Topsail
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Topsail is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsail
- Maple Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Kings Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Landing is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Currie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Long View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Long View is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Kelly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kelly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- East Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Arcadia is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Navassa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Navassa is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navassa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,534 people
- Phoenix
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Phoenix is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
- Belville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,135 people
- Malmo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Malmo is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- Northwest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northwest is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Sandy Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Leland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Old Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Town Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Winnabow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Acme
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Riegelwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Delco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Armour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Armour is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
- Sandyfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sandyfield is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Byrdville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Byrdville is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrdville
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Pin Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pin Hook is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Tin City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tin City is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin City
- Sholars Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sholars Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sholars Crossroads
- Wallace
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cartersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cartersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Hancheys Store
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hancheys Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancheys Store
- Pasley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pasley is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasley
- Sloan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sloan is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Cypress Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Safe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Safe is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
- Teachey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Teachey is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teachey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Maready
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Maready is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maready
- New Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Castle Hayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Skippers Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Skippers Corner is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers Corner
- Kirkland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kirkland is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Murraysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Murraysville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraysville
- Bayshore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bayshore is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore
- Ogden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wrightsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wrightsboro is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
- Hightsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hightsville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightsville
- Kings Grant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kings Grant is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Smith Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Smith Creek is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
- Windemere
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Windemere is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Seagate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Seagate is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagate
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Holly Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Surf City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Folkstone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Folkstone is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folkstone
- Ocean City Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ocean City Beach is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City Beach
- North Topsail Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sneads Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Catherine Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Kerr
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Delway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delway is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delway
- Tomahawk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walkers Store, see our County-by-County Page for Walkers Store.
Cemeteries Near Walkers Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walkers Store.
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 Walkers Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walkers Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Ashe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hocutt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riley's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Isom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rileys Creek Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileys Creek Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rileys Creek Memorial Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the west of Rocky Point.
- The Rileys Creek Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rileys Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48581 <3>
- Herring Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Simpson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Garrisons Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Larkins Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (137 more) ...
- Shoulder Branch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Croom Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Walkers Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walkers Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walkers Store, with the one closest to Walkers Store listed first.
- Ashton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Rocky Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burgaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Long Creek is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Castle Hayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hampstead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montague
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Montague is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
- Scotts Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Scotts Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Hill
- Currie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kirkland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kirkland is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Maple Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Wrightsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wrightsboro is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Holly Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Point Caswell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Point Caswell is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Caswell
- Phoenix
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Phoenix is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walkers Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walkers Store.
Newspapers Published in Walkers Store ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walkers Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walkers Store, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walkers Store.
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 Walkers Store:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Pender County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Brunswick County
- Columbus County
- Duplin County
- New Hanover County
- Onslow County
- Sampson 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> | 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> | 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- Walkers Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Walkers Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |