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 Blue Ridge Overlook (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 Blue Ridge Overlook. 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.
Blue Ridge Overlook is located in Transylvania 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 Transylvania County: Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Greenville (SC), Oconee (SC) & Pickens (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Blue Ridge Overlook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Ridge Overlook:
- Transylvania County (The home county of Blue Ridge Overlook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Seven Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Penrose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pisgah Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brevard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Rosman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Balsam Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Lake Toxaway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sapphire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Avery Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Arden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Bent Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Busbee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Glady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glady is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glady
- Skyland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Candler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Enka Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Enka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Acton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Cruso
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Morning Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Clyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Waynesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Junaluska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Etowah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Horse Shoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Valley Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Flat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mills River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Willow Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
- Balfour
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Argura
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Argura is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argura
- Cashiers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tuckasegee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Balsam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Laport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Laport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laport
- Ruby City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ruby City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby City
- Cullowhee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Erastus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Erastus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- Addie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Addie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Forest Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Forest Hills has also been known as:
- Forest Hills village
- Village of Forest Hills
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Hills <1>
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Melrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Tryon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lynn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lure
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Caesars Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Cleveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Marietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tigerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Travelers Rest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gowensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Berea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- O'Neal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Sans Souci
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sans Souci is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tamassee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Rocky Bottom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Knob ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Sunset
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dacusville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Crow Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Pickens
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nine Times
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Arial
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arial is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
- Easley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Six Mile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Landrum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
- Campobello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Ridge Overlook, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Ridge Overlook.
Cemeteries Near Blue Ridge Overlook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Ridge Overlook.
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 Blue Ridge Overlook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Ridge Overlook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Orr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Osborne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Round Top Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Brevard.
- The Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pisgah Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48444 <3>
- Pisgah Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Davidson River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Sentell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Gillespie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glazener Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Blue Ridge Overlook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blue Ridge Overlook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Ridge Overlook, with the one closest to Blue Ridge Overlook listed first.
- Davidson River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Davidson River is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson River
- Penrose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brevard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cherryfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cherryfield is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- East Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Caesars Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Bowman Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Bluff is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Bluff
- Horse Shoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wattacoo ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wattacoo is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattacoo
- Riverview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Balsam Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Flat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mills River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zirconia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Ridge Overlook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Ridge Overlook.
Newspapers Published in Blue Ridge Overlook ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Ridge Overlook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Ridge Overlook, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Ridge Overlook.
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 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 Blue Ridge Overlook:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Transylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Jackson County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Greenville County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Spartanburg 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- Blue Ridge Overlook) 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 Blue Ridge Overlook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |