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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Brevard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Brevard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brevard, please Contact Us.
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 Brevard (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 Brevard. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Brevard is historic, it would have been located within present day Iredell 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 Iredell County: Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Brevard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brevard:
- Iredell County (The home county of Brevard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Scotts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Scotts is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Eufola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eufola is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eufola
- Love Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Statesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Barium Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barium Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barium Springs
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Troutman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Turnersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- Olin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Ostwalt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ostwalt is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostwalt
- Union Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Stony Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Fairview Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Hiddenite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Midway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Millersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Millersville is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
- Rocky Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Isenhour Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Isenhour Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isenhour Park
- Taylorsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Taylorsville Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Taylorsville Beach is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville Beach
- Liledoun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liledoun is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
- Vashti
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Ellendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ellendale is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Bethlehem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Rhodhiss
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hildebran
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Icard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Connelly Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rutherford College
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Valdese
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Downsville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Downsville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Concord ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Northlakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Northlakes is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlakes
- Draco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Draco is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draco
- Kings Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Creek is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Granite Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Cedar Rock has also been known as:
- Cedar Rock village
- Emanuel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Emanuel is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel
- Sawmills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sawmills is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,156 people
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hudson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,703 people
- Former name for Hudson:
- Hudsonville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <2>
- Cilley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cilley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cilley
- Baton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Baton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baton
- Cajah's Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cajah's Mountain is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajah's Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Sunrise Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunrise Beach is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
- Catfish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catfish is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Oxford Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford Park is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Park
- Catawba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Claremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murrays Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Murrays Hill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrays Hill
- Long Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Long Island is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Witherspoon Crossroad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Conover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monbo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Monbo is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo
- Saint Stephens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Stephens is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
- Bandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bandy is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandy
- Fairgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairgrove is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Calahaln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Cooleemee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ephesus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Mocksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pino
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Denver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Westport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Boger City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Machpelah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Iron Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Lincolnton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Vale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- River View ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Cornelius
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Davidson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Pittsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Cleveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Ulla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Bear Poplar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Poplar is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Poplar
- Barber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barber is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Needmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Woodleaf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harts ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harts is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Mill Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Bridge is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bridge
- Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Watson Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Watson Village is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Village
- Surry County
- Elkin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Zimmerman ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Moravian Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boomer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boomer is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomer
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Fletcher ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Wilkesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Adley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Adley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adley
- Henderson ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Henderson is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- North Wilkesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cricket
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cricket is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
- Ferguson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Windsors Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Windsors Crossroads is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsors Crossroads
- Cycle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Marler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Footville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Hamptonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Branon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Rena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Courtney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jonesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yadkinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brevard, see our County-by-County Page for Brevard.
Cemeteries Near Brevard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brevard.
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 Brevard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brevard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- New Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Marvin UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smyres Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fourth Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jolly Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Providence Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brooks Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Troutman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find Brevard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brevard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brevard, with the one closest to Brevard listed first.
- Stony Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Scotts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Scotts is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Hiddenite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catfish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catfish is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Watts ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Watts is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Taylorsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vashti
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Statesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Snow Creek is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Creek
- Conover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barium Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barium Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barium Springs
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Monbo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Monbo is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo
- Troutman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brevard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brevard.
Newspapers Published in Brevard ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brevard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brevard, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brevard.
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 Brevard:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Iredell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Burke County
- Caldwell County
- Catawba County
- Davie County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rowan County
- Surry County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Brevard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brevard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |