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 Baltimore (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 Baltimore. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Baltimore is located in Yadkin 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 Yadkin County: Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry & Wilkes.
Below are the counties that are near Baltimore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baltimore:
- Yadkin County (The home county of Baltimore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- East Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
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- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
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- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
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- Wyo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
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- Courtney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
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- Yadkinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nebo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Richmond Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Boonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Branon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Alleghany County
- Roaring Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Arcadia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
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- Reedy Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
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- Currytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
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- Gum Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
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- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Wallburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tyro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tyro is located in Davidson County
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- Bethany ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
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- Abotts Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
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- Jefferson Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
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- Sapona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
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- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Pino
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pino is located in Davie County
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- Bermuda Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Advance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mocksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Calahaln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
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- Ephesus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Cooleemee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Grapewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
- Cinnamon Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
- Hunters Trace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- River Ridge Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
- Robin Hood Trace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Robin Hood Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Trace
- Sherwood Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
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- Eaglewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
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- Dorchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
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- Robinhood Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Robinhood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood Forest
- Donnaha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
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- Dozier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
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- Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Colfax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Houstonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Harmony
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Turnersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
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- Cool Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
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- New Hope ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
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- Love Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Needmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
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- Mount Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Rowan County
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- Woodleaf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Barber is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ellis Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
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- Mocksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mocksville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
- Shannon Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- Yadkin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
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- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Pinnacle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Flat Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
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- Capella
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Germanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Quaker Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Fulp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Vade Mecum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Walnut Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
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- Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Siloam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Stony Knoll
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Pine Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Copeland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Pilot Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Ararat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Black Water
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Pleasant Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Clingman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- Ronda
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Roaring River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Zimmerman ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Lomax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baltimore, see our County-by-County Page for Baltimore.
Cemeteries Near Baltimore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baltimore.
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 Baltimore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baltimore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Baltimore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forbush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Patterson Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Enon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stony Knoll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shacktown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Bend Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- East Bend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forbush Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Baltimore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baltimore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- East Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Poindexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Wyo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vienna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Donnaha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Yadkinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Richmond Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
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- Siloam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pino
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baltimore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baltimore.
Newspapers Published in Baltimore ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baltimore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baltimore, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baltimore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Baltimore:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Yadkin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Iredell County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Wilkes 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> | 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 Baltimore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Baltimore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |