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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 Walkertown (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 Walkertown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Walkertown is located in Harnett 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 Harnett County: Chatham, Cumberland, Johnston, Lee, Sampson & Wake.

Below are the counties that are near Walkertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walkertown:

  • Harnett County     (The home county of Walkertown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Fonville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Fonville is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
    • Bunnlevel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
    • Harnett
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Harnett is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harnett
    • Senter
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Senter is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senter
    • Flat Branch
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
    • Anderson Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
    • Shawtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Shawtown is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
    • Lillington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Norrington Crossroads
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Averasboro ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Averasboro is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
    • Erwin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Erwin is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,202 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erwin <1>
    • Twin Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Buies Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Corinth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Corinth is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Brickhaven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
    • Haywood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Haywood is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Moncure
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Farmville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Linden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Godwin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wade
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wade is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wade <1>
    • Falcon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Falcon is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Manchester
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Manchester is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Spring Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • North Point Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
    • Eastover
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Eastover is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
      • Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
    • Shaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Shaw is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
      • Shaw has also been known as:
      • Shaw Heights
    • Holly Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Fort Bragg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonnie Doone
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fayetteville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hoke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Rockfish
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockfish is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Silver City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver City is located in Hoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Johnston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Benson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McKoy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • McKoy is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
    • Allens Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
    • Peacocks Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
    • Four Oaks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
    • Harper
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Harper is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
    • Bentonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Bentonville is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
    • Smithfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • West Smithfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Broadway
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Swann
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Swann is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
    • Edgewater Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
    • Carolina Trace
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
    • Jonesboro Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
    • Saint Andrews
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Andrews is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
    • San-Lee Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
    • Lemon Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Lemon Springs is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Springs
    • Parkwood Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Parkwood Estates is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
    • Sanford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Colon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Colon is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
    • Osgood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Osgood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
  • Moore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Cameron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Vass
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lakeview is located in Moore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Robeson County
    • Parkton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Sampson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Plain View
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Plain View is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
    • Spiveys Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
    • Rebel City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rebel City is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
    • Autryville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Autryville is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
    • Huntley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Huntley is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
    • Blackmans Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
    • Vann Crossroads
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
    • Beaman Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
    • Salemburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Newton Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Reynolds Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
    • Kitty Fork
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kitty Fork is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Fork
    • Roseboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.
    • Kennebec
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Kennebec is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
    • Mount Pleasant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Fuquay - Varina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Wilbon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Wilbon is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon
    • Hollemans Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
      • Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
      • Collins
      • Enno
    • Macks Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Macks Village is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
    • Holly Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • McCullers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • McCullers is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
    • New Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Apex
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Apex is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <1>
    • Hopedale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hopedale is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walkertown, see our County-by-County Page for Walkertown.

Cemeteries Near Walkertown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walkertown.

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 Walkertown - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walkertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.

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>

While we didn't find Walkertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walkertown.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Walkertown, with the one closest to Walkertown listed first.

  • Bunnlevel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
  • Carlos
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlos is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlos
  • Lillington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Godwin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Averasboro ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Averasboro is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
  • Wade
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wade is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wade <1>
  • Turlington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Turlington is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
  • Manchester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Manchester is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Dunn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Dunn is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,684 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunn <1>
  • Barclaysville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
  • Spout Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
  • Mingo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mingo is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fayetteville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Clement
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Clement is located in Sampson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
    • Benson
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Walkertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walkertown.

Newspapers Published in Walkertown ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walkertown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walkertown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walkertown.

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 Walkertown:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walkertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Walkertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.