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 Whispering Pines (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 Whispering Pines. 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 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.
Whispering Pines is located in Moore 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 Moore County: Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond & Scotland.
Below are the counties that are near Whispering Pines. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whispering Pines:
- Moore County (The home county of Whispering Pines)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Southern Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vass
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carthage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pinehurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taylortown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taylortown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Cameron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Seven Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Seven Lakes is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- West End
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Carbonton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Gulf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Farmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Goldston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bennett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bonlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Brickhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Haywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Moncure
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Fort Bragg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Spring Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shaw is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Shaw has also been known as:
- Shaw Heights
- Bonnie Doone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Point Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
- Kingsford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Highland Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Timberlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Johnsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Murchisontown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Murchisontown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisontown
- Pineview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pineview is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Olivia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Barbecue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barbecue is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbecue
- Overhills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Seminole
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seminole is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Twin Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Ryes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ryes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryes
- Anderson Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
- Boone Trail
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Trail is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Trail
- Hoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Ashley Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Five Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Timberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Raeford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Dundarrach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Gold Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Rockfish
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- White Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Hill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill
- Quail Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Ridge is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Lemon Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lemon Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Springs
- Parkwood Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parkwood Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
- Tramway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tramway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Western Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Western Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Saint Andrews
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Andrews is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Swann
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Swann is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
- Jonesboro Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
- Carolina Trace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
- Glenwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Sanford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Candor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Biscoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ether
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Allreds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Asbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Troy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Yow Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Coleridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Seagrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Hoffman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hoffman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Norman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Norman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Marston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marston is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Ellerbe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dobbins Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Rockingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Steen Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- Robeson County
- Lumber Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Scotland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- New Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Crump Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- Wagram
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whispering Pines, see our County-by-County Page for Whispering Pines.
Cemeteries Near Whispering Pines ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whispering Pines.
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 Whispering Pines - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whispering Pines covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Henderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Vass.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47810 <2>
- Crane Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaulah Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beulah Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Goins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. John United Church of God Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- McDonalds Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Whispering Pines in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whispering Pines.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Southern Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Manly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Manly is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manly
- Carthage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cameron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West End
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pinebluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jackson Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Springs
- Spout Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Hoffman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hoffman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Candor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gulf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Goldston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Capels Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Capels Mill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capels Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whispering Pines. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whispering Pines.
Newspapers Published in Whispering Pines ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whispering Pines.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whispering Pines, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whispering Pines.
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 Whispering Pines:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Moore County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Cumberland County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Robeson County
- Scotland 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whispering Pines) 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 Whispering Pines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |