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 Winsteadville (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 Winsteadville. 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.
Winsteadville is located in Beaufort County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beaufort County: Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Winsteadville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winsteadville:
- Beaufort County (The home county of Winsteadville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winsteadville, with the one closest to Winsteadville listed first.
- Ransomville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Belhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belhaven
- Belhaven is located in Beaufort County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belhaven <2>
- Pantego
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Bath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Bath is located in Beaufort County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <2>
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomouk Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomouk Indian Village
- Pomouk Indian Village is located in Beaufort County
- Pungo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Gaylord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Whitepost
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Union Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Beaufort County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <2>
- Walla Watta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walla Watta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Pinetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
- Pinetown is located in Beaufort County
- Edward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edward have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edward <2>
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winsteadville, with the one closest to Winsteadville listed first.
- Spring Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring Hope. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hope
- Spring Hope is located in Craven County
- Ernul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winsteadville, with the one closest to Winsteadville listed first.
- Sladesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sladesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Scranton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Mount Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
- Swan Quarter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Quarter
- Swan Quarter is located in Hyde County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan Quarter <2>
- Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Fairfield is located in Hyde County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <2>
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winsteadville, with the one closest to Winsteadville listed first.
- Dardens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Jamesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Jamesville is located in Martin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamesville <2>
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winsteadville, with the one closest to Winsteadville listed first.
- Lowland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Hobucken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Mesic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Vandemere
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Bay City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Bayboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayboro
- Bayboro is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,242 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayboro <2>
- Stonewall
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Alliance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alliance have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Alliance is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alliance <2>
- Merritt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Grantsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsboro
- Grantsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantsboro <2>
- Pamlico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Reelsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Oriental
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriental have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental
- Oriental is located in Pamlico County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriental <2>
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winsteadville, with the one closest to Winsteadville listed first.
- Wenona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Wenona is located in Washington County
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Monticello is located in Washington County
- Plymouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,332 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <2>
- Pine Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Washington County
- Roper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Roper is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roper <2>
- Westover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winsteadville, see our County-by-County Page for Winsteadville.
Cemeteries Near Winsteadville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winsteadville.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winsteadville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winsteadville, with the one closest to Winsteadville listed first.
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oddfellows Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oddfellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oddfellows Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oddfellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Watson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- James I. Moore Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James I. Moore Cemetery
- High Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the High Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the High Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bonner Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bonner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46904 <4>
- Rowe Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rowe Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rowe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oakhaven Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakhaven Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakhaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Ware Creek MB Church Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Ware Creek MB Church Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- White Hill FWB Church Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Hill FWB Church Cemetery
- The White Hill FWB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- White Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2372047 <4>
- W.H. Marslender Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the W.H. Marslender Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the W.H. Marslender Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Melvin Earl Keyes, Jr. Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melvin Earl Keyes, Jr. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Melvin Earl Keyes, Jr. Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<5> to the east of Edward.
- Concord Church Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Church Cemetery
- Donald Farm Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Donald Farm Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Donald Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Melvin Earl Keyes, Jr. Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Winsteadville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Winsteadville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winsteadville, with the one closest to Winsteadville listed first.
- Ransomville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Makleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Makleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makleyville
- Makleyville is located in Hyde County
- Yeatesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yeatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatesville
- Yeatesville is located in Beaufort County
- Sladesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sladesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Pantego
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - South Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Creek
- South Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Bath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Bath is located in Beaufort County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <2>
- Scranton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Leechville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leechville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
- Leechville is located in Beaufort County
- Gaylord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Pungo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Beaufort County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <2>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Idalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Hobucken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Swan Quarter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Quarter
- Swan Quarter is located in Hyde County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan Quarter <2>
- Idalia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winsteadville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winsteadville.
Newspapers Published in Winsteadville ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winsteadville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winsteadville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winsteadville.
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 Winsteadville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //archives.ncdcr.gov/
- Pages specific to Beaufort County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Hyde County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Martin County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pamlico County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Craven County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of North Carolina
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of North Carolina
- Cemeteries of Beaufort County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of North Carolina
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of North Carolina
- Cemeteries of Beaufort County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winsteadville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Beaufort County: www.co.beaufort.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winsteadville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winsteadville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4646, Longitude: -76.6358 In this case, the coordinates for Winsteadville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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 Winsteadville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |