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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 Wood (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 Wood. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Wood is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Wake & Warren.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Wood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Centerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Centerville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
    • White Level
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • White Level is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
    • Alert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Alert is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
    • Mapleville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mapleville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
    • Lake View
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake View is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Ingleside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Ingleside is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Louisburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bunn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bunn is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunn <1>
    • Katesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Katesville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
    • Sutton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sutton is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
    • Franklinton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Youngsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Edgecombe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Whitakers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Battleboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky Mount
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gethsemane
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
    • Sharpsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartsease
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
    • Hartsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
    • Leggett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Leggett is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Lancaster
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Granville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Fairport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Fairport is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
    • Townsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Clay is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Wilton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Wilton is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Oxford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • 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>
  • Halifax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Hollister
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ringwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ringwood is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
    • White Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • White Oak is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • Brinkleyville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
    • Airlie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Airlie is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
    • Heathsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Heathsville is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
    • Littleton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Enfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Allen Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Allen Grove is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
    • Halifax
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • South Rosemary
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • South Rosemary is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
    • Belmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Belmont is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Nash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Aventon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Aventon is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
    • Castalia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Castalia is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Taylors Store
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Taylors Store is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
    • Lancaster Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Matthews Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
    • Hilliardston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hilliardston is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
    • Dukes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dukes is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
    • Edwards Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
    • Mays Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
    • Corinth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Corinth is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Red Oak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Oak is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
    • Bass Crossroads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
  • Northampton County
    • Henrico
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Vance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Gillburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Gillburg is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
    • Adcock Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
    • Bobbitt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Bobbitt is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
    • Middleburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bear Pond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Bear Pond is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
    • Gill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Gill is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
    • Henderson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • South Henderson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Henderson is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
    • Kittrell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Flat Rock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Flat Rock is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Drewry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Drewry is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
    • Dabney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dabney is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
  • Wake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Zebulon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Forestville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Forestville is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Rolesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Lickskillet
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lickskillet is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
    • Arcola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Arcola is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Afton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Afton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Warrenton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Vaughan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Macon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Snow Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Snow Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Warren Plains
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Warren Plains is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
    • Norlina
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Soul City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Soul City is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
    • Church Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Church Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
    • Manson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Elm City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sims
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Spring Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
  • Brunswick County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Gasburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ankum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Ankum is located in Brunswick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
  • Mecklenburg County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wood, with the one closest to Wood listed first.
    • Palmer Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
    • Bracey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Wood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wood.

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

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

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

  • Harper Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • White Level Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gay Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Saunders Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Avent Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lynch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Vick Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ricks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lynch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Boseman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ricks Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (173 more) ...
    • Ward Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Highland Memory Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Wood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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 Wood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wood.

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

  • Centerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Centerville is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
  • Inez
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Inez is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
  • Castalia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Castalia is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • Essex
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Essex is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
  • Laurel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Laurel is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
  • Hilliardston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hilliardston is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
  • Ita
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Ita is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ita
  • Arcola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Arcola is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
  • Dukes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dukes is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
  • Justice
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Justice is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
  • Grove Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Grove Hill is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Moulton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Moulton is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Ringwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ringwood is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
    • Mapleville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mapleville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
    • Red Oak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Oak is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people

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

Newspapers Published in Wood ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wood, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wood.

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 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 Wood:

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 Wood, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.