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 Wiggins Crossroads (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 Wiggins Crossroads. 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 Wiggins Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Wiggins Crossroads: Wiggins Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Wiggins Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wiggins Crossroads may originally have been Wiggin's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wiggins Crossroads might be written as Wiggin Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Wiggins Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wiggins Crossroads.
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 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.
Wiggins Crossroads is located in Gates 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 Gates County: Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans & Southampton (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Wiggins Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wiggins Crossroads:
- Gates County (The home county of Wiggins Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Corapeake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Savage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Savage is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Sunbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willeyton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Acorn Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Acorn Hill is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Hill
- Gates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reynoldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- White Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Muddy Cross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Muddy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Cross
- Gatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roduco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roduco is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- Bertie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Colerain
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Colerain is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Powellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Horseshoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- South Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belcross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belcross is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
- Chowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Gliden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Ryland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ryland is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryland
- Center Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Mavaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mavaton is located in Chowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavaton
- Currituck County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Moyock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Snowden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Snowden is located in Currituck County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Hertford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Tunis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Harrellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Tuscarora Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Cofield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Winton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Como
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Barretts Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Ahoskie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Murfreesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Poor Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Earleys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Northampton County
- Severn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Severn is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pasquotank County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Elizabeth City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nixonton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nixonton is located in Pasquotank County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonton
- Perquimans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Nicanor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
- Snow Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Belvidere
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winfall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hertford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yeopim Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yeopim Station is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeopim Station
- Yeopim Station has also been known as:
- Yeopim
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Burgess
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burgess is located in Perquimans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Chesapeake City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Charlton Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton Village is located in Chesapeake City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Village
- Chesapeake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin City (VA)
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Isle of Wight County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Carrsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Windsor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <2>
- Walters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Zuni
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Raynor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Norfolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Alantic City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alantic City is located in Norfolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alantic City
- Norfolk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Portsmouth City (VA)
- Portsmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southampton County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Kingsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Riverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Edgehill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgehill is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Isaac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Watkins Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Corner
- Burdette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burdette is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Cypress Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Delaware
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Hunterdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Sunbeam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Black Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Black Creek is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Handsom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Suffolk City (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Whaley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Whaleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Pittmantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Russell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Manning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Holland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Kilby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Suffolk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Wilroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
- Driver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Shoulders Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wiggins Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Wiggins Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Wiggins Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wiggins Crossroads.
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 Wiggins Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wiggins Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Riddick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mathias Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Winslow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rabey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Skeeter Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Riddick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Badger Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (133 more) ...
- Duke Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rawles Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Riddick Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wiggins Crossroads had a population of 32 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wiggins Crossroads, with the one closest to Wiggins Crossroads listed first.
- Corapeake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whaley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Whaleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Willeyton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Somerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somerton is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerton
- Gates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sarem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sarem is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarem
- Reynoldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Saunders
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Saunders is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Gatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hobbsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hobbsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sandy Cross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Cross is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Cleopus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cleopus is located in Suffolk City (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopus
- Mintonsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mintonsville is located in Gates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mintonsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wiggins Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wiggins Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Wiggins Crossroads ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wiggins Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wiggins Crossroads, 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 Wiggins Crossroads.
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 websites either 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 Wiggins Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Gates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bertie County
- Camden County
- Chowan County
- Currituck County
- Hertford County
- Northampton County
- Pasquotank County
- Perquimans County
- Chesapeake City
- Franklin City
- Isle of Wight County
- Norfolk City
- Portsmouth City
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wiggins Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Wiggins Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |