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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 Factory Hill (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 Factory Hill. 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.

Cemeteries Near Factory Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Factory Hill.

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 Factory Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Southampton Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin Municipal Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Blackjack Oak Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Oak Cemetery
    • The Blackjack Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Black Jack Oak Cemetery
  • Poplar Spring Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Spring Cemetery
    • The Poplar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Poplar Springs Cemetery
  • Poplar Spring Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Brett Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Holland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Askew Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Gillette Family Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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    • Silas Edwards Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Riddick Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Barrett Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Dort
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Dort is located in Gates County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dort
  • Cleopus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cleopus is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopus
  • South Quay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • South Quay is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Quay
  • Reynoldson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Reynoldson is located in Gates County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
  • Riddicksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Riddicksville is located in Hertford County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddicksville
  • Somerton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Somerton is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerton
  • Sarem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sarem is located in Gates County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarem
  • Gates
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Willeyton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Willeyton is located in Gates County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
  • Lees Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lees Mill is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Elwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Elwood is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Como
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <4>
    • Eure
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Whaleyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville

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

Newspapers Published in Factory Hill ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Factory Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Factory Hill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Factory Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Factory Hill:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Factory Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Factory Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.