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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 Williamsboro (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 Williamsboro. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Williamsboro is located in Vance 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 Vance County: Franklin, Granville, Warren & Mecklenburg (VA).

Below are the counties that are near Williamsboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williamsboro:

  • Vance County     (The home county of Williamsboro)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Flat Rock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Flat Rock is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Middleburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Dabney
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Dabney is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
    • Drewry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Drewry is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
    • Henderson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • South Henderson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • South Henderson is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
    • Adcock Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
    • Bear Pond
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Bear Pond is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
    • Gill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Gill is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
    • Gillburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Gillburg is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
    • Bobbitt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Bobbitt is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
    • Kittrell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Durham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Hampton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hampton is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
    • Bahama
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Lake View
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake View is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Alert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Alert is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
    • Ingleside
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ingleside is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Franklinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Katesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Katesville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
    • Louisburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Centerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Centerville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
    • Mapleville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mapleville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
    • White Level
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • White Level is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
    • Youngsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Granville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Townsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bullock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Stovall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Stovall is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
    • Gela
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Gela is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
    • Oxford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Oxford is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,905 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <1>
    • Fairport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Fairport is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
    • Clay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Clay is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Providence
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Providence is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Wilbourns
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Wilbourns is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
    • Berea
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Berea is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Tar River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Tar River is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
    • Wilton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Wilton is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Hester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hester is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
  • Halifax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Littleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Hollister
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Person County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Moriah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Moriah is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
    • Allensville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Allensville is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
    • Mount Tirzah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
    • Roxboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Timberlake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Wake County
    • New Light
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • New Light is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Manson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Soul City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Soul City is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
    • Rose Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rose Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Norlina
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Snow Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Snow Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Afton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Afton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Wise
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Wise is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
    • Warren Plains
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Warren Plains is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
    • Warrenton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Macon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lickskillet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Lickskillet is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
    • Church Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Church Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
    • Vaughan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Brunswick County (VA)
    • Brodnax
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brodnax is located in Brunswick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brodnax <1>
  • Charlotte County (VA)
  • Fluvanna County (VA)
    • Scottsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Halifax County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Virgilina
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Aarons Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
    • Omega
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
    • Mayo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
    • Cluster Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
    • Harmony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Mecklenburg County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.
    • Cusco Willa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
    • Shiny Rock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
    • Palmer Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
    • Mill Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
    • Finchley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
    • Averett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
    • Clarksville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Henrico
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
    • Boydton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Boydton is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boydton <1>
    • Jeffress
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
    • Nelson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Skipwith
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
    • Bracey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Spotsylvania County (VA)
    • Brokenburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williamsboro, see our County-by-County Page for Williamsboro.

Cemeteries Near Williamsboro ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williamsboro.

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 Williamsboro - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williamsboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • John Penns Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Alpha Omega Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Blacknall Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Oak Level UCC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Crews Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Manson Missionary Baptist Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Royster Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridgeway Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (164 more) ...
    • Meadowview Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadowview Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Oxford.
      • The Meadowview Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Meadowview Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48079 <2>
    • New Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • State Line 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 Williamsboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Williamsboro.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Williamsboro, with the one closest to Williamsboro listed first.

  • Townsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Dexter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dexter is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
  • Dabney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dabney is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
  • Greystone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greystone is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Brookston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookston is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
  • Middleburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Huntsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntsboro is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsboro
  • Henderson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Woodworth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Woodworth is located in Vance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
  • Bullock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stovall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Stovall is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Manson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Lewis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lewis is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Ridgeway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Ridgeway is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
    • Soudan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Soudan is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudan

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williamsboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williamsboro.

Newspapers Published in Williamsboro ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamsboro.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williamsboro, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Williamsboro.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Williamsboro:

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 '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- Williamsboro) 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 Williamsboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.