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 Wootens Crossroads (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 Wootens Crossroads. 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 Wootens Crossroads ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Wootens Crossroads: Wootens Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Wootens Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wootens Crossroads may originally have been Wooten's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wootens Crossroads might be written as Wooten Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Wootens Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wootens Crossroads.
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.
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.
Wootens Crossroads is located in Columbus 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 Columbus County: Bladen, Brunswick, Pender, Robeson & Horry (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Wootens Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wootens Crossroads:
- Columbus County (The home county of Wootens Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wootens Crossroads, with the one closest to Wootens Crossroads listed first.
- Mount Olive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Rico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rico is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Whiteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chadbourn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Grist
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grist is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
- Brunswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hallsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
- Redbug
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redbug is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
- Williamson Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boardman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Boardman is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Cerro Gordo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wootens Crossroads, with the one closest to Wootens Crossroads listed first.
- Abbottsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Clarkton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bladenboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Butters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Rosindale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Mount Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Dublin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Elizabethtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Council
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Council is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Yorick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Ruskin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- White Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wootens Crossroads, with the one closest to Wootens Crossroads listed first.
- Exum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Ash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Makatoka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wootens Crossroads, with the one closest to Wootens Crossroads listed first.
- Allenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Orrum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Proctorville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Proctorville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Barnesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Lumberton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barker Ten Mile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
- Fairmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Lowe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lowe is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rozier Siding is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozier Siding
- Saddletree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saddletree is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddletree
- McDonald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McDonald is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wootens Crossroads, with the one closest to Wootens Crossroads listed first.
- Kerr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Garland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Tomahawk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Dillon County (SC)
- Lake View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Horry County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wootens Crossroads, with the one closest to Wootens Crossroads listed first.
- Green Sea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Finklea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Loris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marion County (SC)
- Nichols
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wootens Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Wootens Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Wootens Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wootens Crossroads.
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 Wootens Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wootens Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wootens Crossroads, with the one closest to Wootens Crossroads listed first.
- Benevolent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Callihan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meadow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roanoke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Browns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hines Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whiteville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Bladenboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ed Lewis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Crest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Wootens Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wootens Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wootens Crossroads, with the one closest to Wootens Crossroads listed first.
- Clarkton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
- Whiteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bladenboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elkton is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Evergreen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Chadbourn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Emerson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Emerson is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Richardson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Hallsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
- Rosindale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Cerro Gordo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elizabethtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Lake Waccamaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wootens Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wootens Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Wootens Crossroads ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wootens Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wootens Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wootens Crossroads.
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 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 Wootens Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Columbus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Brunswick County
- Robeson County
- Sampson County
- Dillon County
- Horry County
- Marion County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Wootens Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Wootens Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |