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 Bon Air (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 Bon Air. 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 hospitals and 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.
Bon Air is located in 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 Bon Air. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bon Air:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Bon Air)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Brookwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brookwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookwood
- Montview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Montview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montview
- North Winston
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Winston is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winston
- Forest Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Ogburn Station
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ogburn Station is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn Station
- Alspaugh
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Park Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Park Terrace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Terrace
- Chalk Level ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chalk Level is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- East Winston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Winston is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winston
- Cityview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cityview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cityview
- Buena Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Oak Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Crest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Crest
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Gum Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Wallburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Abotts Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Arcadia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Reedy Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Welcome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Currytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Thomasville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Fair Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Advance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pino
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Mocksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Calahaln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Cooleemee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Colfax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Stokesdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Summerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Allen Jay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Latham Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Pomona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Iredell County
- Houstonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Archdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Ellisboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Mayodan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Yadkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Shannon Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- Trading Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Ellis Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Germanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fulp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Neatman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Walnut Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Quaker Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Capella
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Pine Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinnacle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Danbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Siloam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pilot Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Rockford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Ararat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Westfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Knoll
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Black Water
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- East Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Wyo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Forbush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Courtney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Union Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Nebo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Yadkinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Boonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Footville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bon Air, see our County-by-County Page for Bon Air.
Cemeteries Near Bon Air ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bon Air.
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 Bon Air - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bon Air covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Winston - Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48680 <2>
- Salem Moravian God's Acre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- God's Acre
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for God's Acre
- To give a relative sense of its location, the God's Acre is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Winston - Salem.
- The God's Acre has also been known as:
- Salem Moravian Cemetery
- Salem Moravian God's Acre
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2224695 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Happy Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethabara Moravin God's Acre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stultz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (296 more) ...
- Bellevue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mecum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bon Air in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bon Air.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bon Air, with the one closest to Bon Air listed first.
- Alspaugh
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Walkertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Pfafftown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Rural Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kernersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Lewisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- White Road ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Tobaccoville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bon Air. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bon Air.
Newspapers Published in Bon Air ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bon Air.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bon Air, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bon Air.
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 helpful 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 Bon Air:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Iredell County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bon Air, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bon Air) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |