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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Benefit. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Benefit to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Benefit, 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 Benefit (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 Benefit. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Benefit is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Benefit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Benefit:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Benefit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Greystone Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
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- Applegate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Emorywood Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Kimberly Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kimberly Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Acres
- Pine Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Abington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abington is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Bonanza Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Kynwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- Smokerise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smokerise is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokerise
- Christy Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Dilhast
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dilhast is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilhast
- Hampstead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hampstead is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Westbrook Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Altamahaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Elon College
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Glenwood Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Ossipee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Random Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Westbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Westbrook is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Westview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(10 miles [16.1 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 southwest)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Thomasville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arcadia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Welcome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eden ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Reedy Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Currytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Holly Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Advance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pino
(30 miles [48.3 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 Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Colfax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stokesdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Summerfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Guilford College
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Scalesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- High Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Spicewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Latham Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Archdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Trinity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Randleman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Worthville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Millboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Ellisboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 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 north)
- Mayodan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Stoneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Wentworth
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- College Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Fulp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Germanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Quaker Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Danbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Capella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Vade Mecum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Pilot Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Westfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- East Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Forbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Wyo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Union Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Patrick County (VA)
- Nettleridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Benefit, see our County-by-County Page for Benefit.
Cemeteries Near Benefit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Benefit.
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 Benefit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Benefit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Eastlawn Gardens of Memory
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Gur Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mecum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek Christian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Piedmont Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fulp Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Benefit in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Benefit.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Benefit, with the one closest to Benefit listed first.
- Kernersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Road ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Oak Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walkertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stokesdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belews Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Summerfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Deep River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Guilford College
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Walnut Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alspaugh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Benefit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Benefit.
Newspapers Published in Benefit ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Benefit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Benefit, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Benefit.
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 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 Benefit:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Patrick 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 Benefit, 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> | 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Benefit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |