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 Abington (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 Abington. 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 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.
Abington is located in Forsyth 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 Forsyth County: Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Abington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Abington:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Abington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Smokerise
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smokerise is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokerise
- Bonanza Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Kynwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- White Road ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Greystone Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Kimberly Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kimberly Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Acres
- Pine Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Emorywood Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Dilhast
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dilhast is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilhast
- Hampstead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hampstead is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
- Walkertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Wallburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Arcadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Thomasville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Welcome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Fair Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Eden ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Currytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Advance
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pino
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stokesdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Summerfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Guilford College
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Scalesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Jamestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- High Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Latham Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Pomona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Archdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Market
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Randleman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Ellisboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Wittys Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayodan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Stoneville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Wentworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Providence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Reidsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Fulp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Germanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Pine Hall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Neatman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Mount Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Quaker Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Capella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Pilot Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Westfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Pine Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- East Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Forbush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Wyo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Richmond Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Union Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Courtney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Henry County (VA)
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Nettleridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Peters Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Abington, see our County-by-County Page for Abington.
Cemeteries Near Abington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Abington.
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 Abington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Abington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- Mecum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Gur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eastlawn Gardens of Memory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek Christian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fulp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Piedmont Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Abington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Abington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Abington, with the one closest to Abington listed first.
- White Road ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Walkertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kernersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dennis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belews Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Stokesdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alspaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Walnut Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Pine Hall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Summerfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Abington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Abington.
Newspapers Published in Abington ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Abington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Abington, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Abington.
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 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 Abington:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Henry County
- Patrick 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> | 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- Abington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Abington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |