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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 Wise (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 Wise. 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 and doctors 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.
Wise is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Franklin, Halifax, Northampton, Vance, Brunswick (VA) & Mecklenburg (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Wise. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wise:
- Warren County (The home county of Wise)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Warren Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Norlina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Macon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Church Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Manson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Soul City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Rose Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Afton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Vaughan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lickskillet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Arcola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Alert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Lake View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Ingleside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- White Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Louisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mapleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Katesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Franklinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Townsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bullock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stovall
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Fairport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Littleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Airlie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Hollister
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brinkleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- South Rosemary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Ringwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Heathsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Roanoke Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Aventon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Castalia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lancaster Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Taylors Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Hilliardston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hilliardston is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
- Matthews Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Henrico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gaston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Drewry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Middleburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Adcock Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Henderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Henderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Gillburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Bear Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Dabney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Gill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Bobbitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Gasburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brodnax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ankum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gholsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Netta ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Ezell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Powellton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ante
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Alberta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Edgerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Lunenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Bagleys Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Lochleven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Wattsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Oral Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Palmer Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Bracey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marengo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Hagood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Cusco Willa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- La Crosse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Union Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Boydton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunns Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Opie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Ogburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Finchley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Spotsylvania County (VA)
- Brokenburg
(17 miles [27.4 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 Wise, see our County-by-County Page for Wise.
Cemeteries Near Wise ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wise.
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 Wise - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wise covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Warren Plains Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whites Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Dale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Warrenton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kingswood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- St. Marks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manson Missionary Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wise had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
- Warren Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Oakville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Ridgeway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Macon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Palmer Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Manson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Keats
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keats is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keats
- Embro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Embro is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embro
- Middleburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Afton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Vaughan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Ebony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wise. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wise.
Newspapers Published in Wise ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wise.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wise, 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 Wise.
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 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 Wise:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Vance County
- Brunswick County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Spotsylvania 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 Wise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Wise) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |