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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Beaux. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Beaux to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beaux, please Contact Us.
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 Beaux (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 Beaux. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Beaux is historic, it would have been located within present day Wilkes 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 Wilkes County: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Surry, Watauga & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Beaux. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beaux:
- Wilkes County (The home county of Beaux)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- McGrady
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Abshers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Dehart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Moxley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Wilbar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbar is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbar
- Hays
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Millers Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairplains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Cricket
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cricket is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
- Alexander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Vashti
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Rocky Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Ellendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ellendale is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Taylorsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Liledoun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Liledoun is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Laurel Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Scottville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Topia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Glade Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roaring Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Amelia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Piney Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hooker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Ennice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Transou
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Glendale Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Obids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Wagoner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Orion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Yates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yates is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Crumpler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fleetwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Weavers Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Brownwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brownwood is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Cilley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cilley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cilley
- Kings Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kings Creek is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Draco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Draco is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draco
- Blowing Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel
- Cedar Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Cedar Rock has also been known as:
- Cedar Rock village
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Love Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Union Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Thurmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Devotion
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- State Road
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elkin Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Mountain Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Elkin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mulberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Zephyr
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Low Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Round Peak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Dobson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Watauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Stony Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Laxon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Deep Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rutherwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rutherwood is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherwood
- Moretz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Moretz is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretz
- Bamboo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bamboo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Norris ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Norris is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Sands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sands is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Boone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mabel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Shulls Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shulls Mill is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shulls Mill
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jonesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Swan Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Cycle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Rena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Marler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Windsors Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windsors Crossroads is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsors Crossroads
- Boonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Johnson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Trade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Carroll County (VA)
- Pipers Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Independence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Baywood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Rugby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Low Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Flat Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Elk Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Trout Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitetop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fries
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County (VA)
- Green Cove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beaux, see our County-by-County Page for Beaux.
Cemeteries Near Beaux ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beaux.
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 Beaux - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beaux covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peak Creek Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak Creek Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peak Creek Community Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Glendale Springs.
- The Peak Creek Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Peak Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2202515 <4>
- Truitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stamper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cranberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Cemetery
- The Cranberry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cranberry Community Cemetery
- Cranberry Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2207025 <4>
- Double Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prathers Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Traphill.
- The Johnson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Johnson Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188960 <4>
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Matt Carson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (438 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mountlawn Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Beaux in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beaux.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beaux, with the one closest to Beaux listed first.
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Vannoy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vannoy is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoy
- Halls Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halls Mills is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
- Laurel Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Transou
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Hay Meadow ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hay Meadow is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Meadow
- Dehart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Ore Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ore Knob is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Knob
- Wilbar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbar is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbar
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Obids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Furches
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Furches is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furches
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dockery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dockery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Joynes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Joynes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joynes
- Whitehead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehead is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beaux. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beaux.
Newspapers Published in Beaux ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaux.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beaux, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beaux.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Beaux:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilkes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Caldwell County
- Iredell County
- Surry County
- Watauga County
- Yadkin County
- Johnson County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Beaux, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Beaux) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |