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 Westview (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 Westview. 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 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.
Westview is located in Johnston 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 Johnston County: Harnett, Nash, Sampson, Wake, Wayne & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Westview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westview:
- Johnston County (The home county of Westview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- West Smithfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Smithfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Wilson's Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Selma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Redwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Four Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Micro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Archer Lodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Allens Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Chatham County
- Cary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Godwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Falcon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Falcon is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Linden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duplin County
- Calypso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calypso is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Sutton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Coats
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barclaysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Grove Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Lakeside Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Westhaven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westhaven is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Dunn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Angier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Buies Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Erwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Rawls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Rogers Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Middlesex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Murraytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Bailey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Rocky Cross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Samaria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- High Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Floods Chapel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Frazier Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Blackmans Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Blackmans Mills is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmans Mills
- Newton Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plain View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Spiveys Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Vann Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vann Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Crossroads
- Beaman Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beaman Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman Crossroads
- Keener
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Shotwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Emerald Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Eagle Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Wendell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Garner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hopedale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hopedale is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Knightdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zebulon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McCullers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McCullers is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullers
- Macks Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Macks Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Village
- Hertford Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hertford Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertford Village
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Raynor Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Nahunta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Grantham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grantham is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
- Fremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pikeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mar-Mac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
- Genoa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Goldsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Brogden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Berkeley Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Dudley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Lucama
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Scotts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Sims
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Spring Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westview, see our County-by-County Page for Westview.
Cemeteries Near Westview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westview.
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 Westview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Barham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- John D. Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oakey Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakland Heights Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48275 <2>
- Knollwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lassiter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- William B. Johnson Cemetery
- Hills of Neuse Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eason Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corinth UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Corinth UMC Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Four Oaks.
- The Corinth UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corinth Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258872 <2>
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Walls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Selma Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Selma Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Selma.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48713 <2>
- Selma Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Westview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westview, with the one closest to Westview listed first.
- Smithfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson's Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Selma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spilona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spilona is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spilona
- Four Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Pine Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Micro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Archer Lodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Bagley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bagley is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bentonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bentonville is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Benson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westview.
Newspapers Published in Westview ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westview, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westview.
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 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 Westview:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Johnston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Cumberland County
- Duplin County
- Franklin County
- Harnett County
- Nash County
- Sampson County
- Wake County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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> | 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- Westview) 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 Westview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |