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 Bina (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 Bina. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bina is located in Ashe 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 Ashe County: Alleghany, Watauga, Wilkes, Johnson (TN) & Grayson (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Bina. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bina:
- Ashe County (The home county of Bina)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Lansing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Warrensville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brandon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Comet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Comet is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Helton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Sturgills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crumpler
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- West Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roten is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Orion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Scottville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Topia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Piney Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Laurel Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Amelia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Sparta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Glade Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hooker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Ennice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Roaring Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Avery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Beech Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Devils
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whaley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whaley is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Banner Elk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Blowing Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cilley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cilley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cilley
- Watauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Deep Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Moretz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moretz is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretz
- Laxon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Norris ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Norris is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Zionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rutherwood is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherwood
- Stony Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Mabel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Sands
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sands is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Bamboo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bamboo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Boone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vilas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- McGrady
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Wilbar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilbar is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbar
- Abshers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Maple Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Springs is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Dehart
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Hendrix ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hendrix is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Millers Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moxley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Mulberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Purlear
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Purlear is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purlear
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Hays
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carter County (TN)
- Buladeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Johnson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shingletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Fuller
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Norris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norris is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
- High Health ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- High Health is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Butler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sullivan County (TN)
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Rugby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Whitetop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trout Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Flat Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Independence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Baywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Smyth County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Adwolf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Seven Mile Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Chilhowie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Atkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ellendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Washington County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Green Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Masada
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Masada is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masada
- Damascus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Loves Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Friendship
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Drowning Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drowning Ford is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drowning Ford
- Lodi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Alvarado
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alvarado is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Fleet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Watauga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Watauga is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Clinchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clinchburg is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchburg
- Green Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Green Spring is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Wythe County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Speedwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rural Retreat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bina, see our County-by-County Page for Bina.
Cemeteries Near Bina ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bina.
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 Bina - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bina covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Peace Haven Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Haven Church Cemetery
- The Peace Haven Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Peace Haven Community Cemetery
- Spencer Ashley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Ashley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Spencer Ashley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Warrensville.
- The Spencer Ashley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashley Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354164 <3>
- J.O. Blevens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Weaver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Powers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gilley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- George Powers Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stuart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wallace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (585 more) ...
- Powers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Howell Hill Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sabbath Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Bina in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bina.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bina, with the one closest to Bina listed first.
- Lansing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dresden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
- Comet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Comet is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Helton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Sturgills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Crumpler
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Fig
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fig is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fig
- Nathans Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nathans Creek is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathans Creek
- Roten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roten is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Beaver Creek is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Wagoner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bina. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bina.
Newspapers Published in Bina ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bina.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bina, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bina.
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 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 Bina:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Ashe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Avery County
- Caldwell County
- Watauga County
- Wilkes County
- Carter County
- Johnson County
- Sullivan County
- Grayson County
- Smyth County
- Washington County
- Wythe 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bina) 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 Bina, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |