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 Wilbanks (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 Wilbanks. 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 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.
Wilbanks is located in Wilson 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 Wilson County: Edgecombe, Greene, Johnston, Nash, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Wilbanks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilbanks:
- Wilson County (The home county of Wilbanks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Elm City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Eastwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Stantonsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Black Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Scotts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Lucama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sims
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Macclesfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mercer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Pinetops
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Cobb Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Sharp Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Rocky Mount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hartsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Henrietta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Hartsease
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Summerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Bunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Walstonburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Fieldsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Speights Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Contentnea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Hookerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jason
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Glenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Roseneath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roseneath is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseneath
- Hobgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hobgood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Enfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Kenly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Stancils Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Rains Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Micro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lenoir County
- La Grange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Parmele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Parmele is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Hassell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hassell is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Robersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gold Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gold Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Oak City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Cliftonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cliftonville is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Ashburk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ashburk is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
- Joyners Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
- Winstead Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winstead Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead Crossroads
- Easonburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
- Langley Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Langley Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Crossroads
- Sandy Cross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Halifax Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
- Strickland Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- High Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- North Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Green is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
- Snells Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snells Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells Crossroads
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falkland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Farmville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Red Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- House
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- House is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Ripple City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Whitehurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Whitehurst is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Renston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Rountree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Summerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Wake County
- Zebulon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Eureka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Fremont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saulston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Nahunta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Berkeley Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Goldsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilbanks, see our County-by-County Page for Wilbanks.
Cemeteries Near Wilbanks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilbanks.
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 Wilbanks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilbanks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east of Wilson.
- The Joseth Acie Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Womble Cemetery
- Womble Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2337787 <3>
- Toisnot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Varnell Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pineview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- J. W. Allen Family Cemetery
- Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bulluck Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Powell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Eli P. Haynes Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Wilbanks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilbanks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilbanks, with the one closest to Wilbanks listed first.
- Bridgersville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bridgersville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgersville
- Saint Lewis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Lewis is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lewis
- Saratoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Elm City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sharpsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stantonsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Black Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Fieldsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Old Sparta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Old Sparta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sparta
- Penelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Penelo is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelo
- Speights Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hartsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Rocky Mount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Farmville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilbanks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilbanks.
Newspapers Published in Wilbanks ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilbanks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilbanks, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilbanks.
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 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 Wilbanks:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Lenoir County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Pitt County
- Wake County
- Wayne 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wilbanks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Wilbanks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |