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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 Boonville (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 Boonville. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Boonville is located in Yadkin 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 Yadkin County: Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry & Wilkes.

Below are the counties that are near Boonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boonville:

  • Yadkin County     (The home county of Boonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
    • Nebo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Nebo is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Mount Pleasant
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Richmond Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Union Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Rena
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rena is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
    • Arlington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Arlington is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Forbush
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Branon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Yadkinville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jonesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hamptonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Marler
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Alexander County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
    • Vashti
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
  • Alleghany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
    • Roaring Gap
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Glade Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hooker
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Edmonds
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ennice
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sparta is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
  • Davidson County
  • Davie County
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
    • Donnaha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
    • Heritage Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
    • River Ridge Run
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
    • Grapewood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
    • Dozier
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Dozier is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
    • Hunters Trace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
    • The Meadows
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Sherwood Forest
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
    • Cinnamon Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
    • Eaglewood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
    • Dorchester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Lewisville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Iredell County
  • Rowan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
    • Pittsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
    • Needmore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Needmore is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Mount Vernon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Stokes County
  • Surry County
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.
    • Pleasant Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Clingman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Ronda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • New Castle ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
    • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
    • Lomax
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Roaring River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
    • Zimmerman ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Traphill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Zebra ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Zebra is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
    • Hays
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Moxley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Carroll County (VA)
  • Grayson County (VA)
  • Patrick County (VA)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boonville, see our County-by-County Page for Boonville.

Cemeteries Near Boonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boonville.

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 Boonville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Boonville had a population of 64 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Boonville had a population of 1,109 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Boonville, with the one closest to Boonville listed first.

  • Crutchfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Crutchfield is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crutchfield
  • Rockford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rusk ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rusk is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
  • Richmond Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rena is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
  • Longtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Longtown is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
  • Poindexter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
  • Yadkinville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Forbush
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Copeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jonesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boonville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Boonville ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boonville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Boonville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Boonville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Boonville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Boonville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Boonville:

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 Boonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Boonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.