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 Wintergreen (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 Wintergreen. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Wintergreen is located in Craven 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 Craven County: Beaufort, Carteret, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico & Pitt.
Below are the counties that are near Wintergreen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wintergreen:
- Craven County (The home county of Wintergreen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Cove City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Fort Barnwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Tuscarora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Lima
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Vanceboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Ernul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- River Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- River Bend is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
- Trent Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trent Woods is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,991 people
- New Bern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Harbor
- Brices Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Blounts Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek
- Chocowinity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- River Road
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- River Road is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Washington Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Resaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Potters Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Potters Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Hill
- Gradys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Albertson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Drummersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Hookerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Maury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Snow Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Contentnea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Perfection
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Perfection is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perfection
- Pollocks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Sassers Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wise Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Phillips Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Oak Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Debruhls Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Debruhls Landing is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruhls Landing
- Jones Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Tenmile Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tenmile Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Fork
- Shady Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Olivers Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Olivers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Olivers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers
- Lenoir County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Tick Bite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graingers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Kinfield Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Loftins Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- Kinston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Albrittons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Deep Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Fields
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Pink Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- La Grange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Huffmantown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Richlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Pond Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Half Moon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Cardinal Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Pumpkin Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Shamrock Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Reelsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Grantsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bay City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Bayboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arapahoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Clayroot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clayroot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayroot
- Quinerly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Coxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Calico
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calico is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Shelmerdine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shelmerdine is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelmerdine
- Ayden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rountree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Winterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Renston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Bells Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bells Fork is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Fork
- Grimesland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grimesland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Simpson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Simpson is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Wayne County
- Seven Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wintergreen, see our County-by-County Page for Wintergreen.
Cemeteries Near Wintergreen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wintergreen.
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 Wintergreen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wintergreen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- White - Mercer - Richardson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Quinerly Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Live Oak FWB Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Celestial Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rhem Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jesse B. Noble Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grifton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grifton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grifton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Grifton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2285292 <2>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Caleb Williams Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Pollocksville.
- The Frank Murphy Sr. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frank Murphy Cemetery
- Murphy Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259668 <2>
- New Bern Memorial Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (89 more) ...
- New Bern National Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- King Family Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Wintergreen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wintergreen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wintergreen, with the one closest to Wintergreen listed first.
- Cove City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Fort Barnwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jasper is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Tuscarora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Maplecypress
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maplecypress is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecypress
- Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Lima
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lima is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Vanceboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Closs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Closs is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closs
- Johnsons Mills ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Johnsons Mills is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Mills
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bellair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellair is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Ernul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ernul is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernul
- Grifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wintergreen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wintergreen.
Newspapers Published in Wintergreen ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wintergreen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wintergreen, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wintergreen.
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 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 Wintergreen:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Craven County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Lenoir County
- Onslow County
- Pamlico County
- Pitt 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> | 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> | 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 Wintergreen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wintergreen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |