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 Wheat Swamp (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 Wheat Swamp. 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 and hospitals 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.
Wheat Swamp is located in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County: Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Wheat Swamp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wheat Swamp:
- Lenoir County (The home county of Wheat Swamp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- La Grange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kinston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graingers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Albrittons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Kinfield Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Loftins Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Grifton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Deep Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Pink Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Fort Barnwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Cove City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Vanceboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Drummersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Gradys Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Outlaws Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Albertson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Blizzards Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Herrings Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Resaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Pleasant Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Kornegay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kornegay is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornegay
- Hills Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossroads
- Scotts Store
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Leon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Red Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Cobb Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Macclesfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Glenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hookerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Maury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Speights Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Rains Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kenly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Wise Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Shady Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Sassers Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Combs Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Phillips Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Pollocks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Hargetts Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Taylors Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Perfection
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Comfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Onslow County
- Huffmantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Rountree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Renston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Quinerly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Ayden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Coxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Winterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Summerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Fountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Windsor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Calico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Bells Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Walnut Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Seven Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Saulston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Berkeley Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Eureka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Goldsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mar-Mac Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Pikeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brogden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Dudley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Fremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Stantonsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Black Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Eastwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Lucama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wheat Swamp, see our County-by-County Page for Wheat Swamp.
Cemeteries Near Wheat Swamp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wheat Swamp.
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 Wheat Swamp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wheat Swamp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Askew Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew Family Cemetery
- The Askew Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benjamin F. Parrott Cemetery
- J.T. Askew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2440934 <2>
- Jesse Kennedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pinelawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rainbow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Jefferson Kennedy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McArthur Jenkins & Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Palmer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (91 more) ...
- Council F. Jarman Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Southview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Wheat Swamp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wheat Swamp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wheat Swamp, with the one closest to Wheat Swamp listed first.
- Institute
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Institute is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
- Glenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Falling Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- La Grange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jason
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Kinston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hookerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Shine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shine
- Best
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Contentnea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Strabane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Ormondsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ormondsville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormondsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wheat Swamp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wheat Swamp.
Newspapers Published in Wheat Swamp ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wheat Swamp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wheat Swamp, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wheat Swamp.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wheat Swamp:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Lenoir County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Edgecombe County
- Greene County
- Johnston County
- Jones County
- Onslow County
- Pitt 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> | 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 Wheat Swamp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wheat Swamp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |