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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 Windsor (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 Windsor. 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 Windsor ...

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.

In past government published Postal Guides, Windsor was referred to as Windsor Courthouse.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Windsor. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Windsor.

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.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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 and doctors 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.

Windsor is located in Bertie County and is the County Seat.

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 Bertie County: Chowan, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton & Washington.

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

  • Bertie County     (The home county of Windsor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
    • Drew
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Askewville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Askewville is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Merry Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Merry Hill is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hill
    • Ashland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Avoca
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Edenhouse
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hexlena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Powellsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Powellsville is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Lewiston Woodville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
    • Colerain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Aulander
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Aulander is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
    • Kelford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kelford is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
    • Pinetown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Walla Watta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Rosedale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Gaylord
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
    • Union Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Chowan County
  • Edgecombe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
    • Coakley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Speed
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Gates County
  • Halifax County
  • Hertford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
    • Earleys
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ahoskie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Poor Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Poor Town is located in Hertford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
    • Harrellsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Harrellsville is located in Hertford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
    • Cofield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cofield is located in Hertford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
    • South Tunis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • South Tunis is located in Hertford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
    • Menola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tunis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Tuscarora Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Winton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Martin County
  • Northampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
    • Eagletown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rich Square
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Potecasi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Perquimans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
    • Bethel ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Bethel is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Yeopim Station
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Snow Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Snow Hill is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Belvidere
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hertford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Snug Harbor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Snug Harbor is located in Perquimans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
    • Winfall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pitt County
  • Washington County

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

Cemeteries Near Windsor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Windsor.

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

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Windsor had a population of 522 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Windsor had a population of 3,493 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Windsor ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Windsor.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Windsor. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Windsor and those printed in the larger area surrounding Windsor.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of Windsor.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Windsor:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windsor) 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 Windsor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.