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 Berryland (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 Berryland. 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 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.
Berryland is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
Below are the counties that are near Berryland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Berryland:
- Orange County (The home county of Berryland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Caldwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- North Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Springcrest Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Charter Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- Fieldstream
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Kindful Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Schley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Schley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- Larry Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- Laws
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Green Pines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Arrowhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Deer Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Just Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Stagecoach Trail
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Mebane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Woodlawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Brook Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Florence Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Green Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Hawfields
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- McCray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Union Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Ridgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Prospect Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Leasburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Semora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jericho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Yanceyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Stony Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Blanch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham County
- Fearrington Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Rougemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bahama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- The American Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Gorman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Durham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Parkwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Nelson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Berea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Butner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Stem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Creedmoor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Mount Energy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Tar River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Wilbourns
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Guilford County
- Gibsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Mount Tirzah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Roseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Whitt Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Moriah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Hicks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Allensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Vance County
- Dabney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- New Light
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Stony Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Pickwick Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Harmony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Alton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mayo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Delila
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Virgilina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cluster Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Sutherlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Nelson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Berryland, see our County-by-County Page for Berryland.
Cemeteries Near Berryland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berryland.
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 Berryland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Berryland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Mt. Zion United Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wheelers Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clement Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <3>
- Mt. Tirzah United Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat River Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salem Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Eno Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- David Reid Clayton Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Person Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Governor Burke Grave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (144 more) ...
- Nelson Parrish Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carrington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brookland Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Berryland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Berryland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Berryland, with the one closest to Berryland listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rougemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Laws
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Red Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Red Mountain is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Ai
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ai is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Bushy Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bushy Fork is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Fork
- Gordonton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gordonton is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonton
- Mount Tirzah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Roseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Bahama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ridgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Prospect Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Surl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Surl is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surl
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Berryland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berryland.
Newspapers Published in Berryland ...
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 Berryland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Berryland, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Berryland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Berryland:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Person County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Halifax County
- Mecklenburg 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> | 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- Berryland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Berryland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |