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 Buffalo (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 Buffalo. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Buffalo is located in Stokes 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 Stokes County: Forsyth, Rockingham, Surry, Henry (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Buffalo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buffalo:
- Stokes County (The home county of Buffalo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Amostown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Sandy Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Snow Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Lawsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Danbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Pine Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Bailey Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Aarons Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Stonewood Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Belews Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Brinkley Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brinkley Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Estates
- Crims Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Dennis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Pine Knolls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- White Road ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Bannertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Chestnut Trails
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Bonanza Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Kynwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- Abington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Abington is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Stokesdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scalesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Oak Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Summerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Browns Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rudd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Guilford College
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Sandy Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Spicewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Mayodan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Matrimony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Shiloh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Ellisboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Gold Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Eden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Spray ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- College Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Westfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Mount Herman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Pilot Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Sheltontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Ararat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Mount Airy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Carroll County (VA)
- Pike City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Floyd County (VA)
- Haycock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Franklin County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Henry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prilliman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Ferrum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sydnorsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Horse Pasture
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Preston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Stanleytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Bassett
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Irisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Sandy Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Laurel Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Nettleridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Stella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Critz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stuart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Elamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Dodson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Woolwine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Charity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Charity is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Carters Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Meadows of Dan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Cascade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Grady
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buffalo, see our County-by-County Page for Buffalo.
Cemeteries Near Buffalo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buffalo.
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 Buffalo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buffalo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Buffalo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Alexander Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ayersville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gibson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prestonville Martin - Joyce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Top Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (471 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Joyce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce Cemetery
- The Joyce Cemetery has also been known as:
- Joyce Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47833 <2>
- Clearview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Buffalo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buffalo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Delta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Delta is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Prestonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prestonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonville
- Beaver Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Island is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Island
- Dillard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dillard is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
- Nettleridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Price
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spencer is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Stella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Palmetto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palmetto is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Danbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Matrimony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Critz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buffalo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buffalo.
Newspapers Published in Buffalo ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buffalo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buffalo, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buffalo.
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 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 Buffalo:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stokes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Rockingham County
- Surry County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick County
- Pittsylvania 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buffalo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Buffalo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |