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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Byersville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Byersville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Byersville, 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 Byersville (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 Byersville. 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 Byersville is historic, it would have been located within present day Cleveland 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 Cleveland County: Burke, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford, Cherokee (SC) & York (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Byersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Byersville:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Byersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Cliffside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Boiling Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Mooresboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Lattimore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Sharon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Brittain Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Earl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- New House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Kingstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Shelby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Camp Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Brindletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Catawba County
- Cooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Dellview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Cherryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Bessemer City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Laurel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Crouse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Vale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Vein Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Patten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Glenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Sugar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Mill Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lynn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Henrietta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Six Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Caroleen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Ellenboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy Mush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Alexander Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Holly Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Bostic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Chesnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- East Gaffney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blacksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville County (SC)
- Gowensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Mayo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <2>
- Fingerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Converse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Boiling Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Drayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Pacolet Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Union County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Jonesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kelly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Bailey Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Smyrna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowling Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Filbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Blairsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Byersville, see our County-by-County Page for Byersville.
Cemeteries Near Byersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Byersville.
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 Byersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Byersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Scruggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McCraw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jolley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cliffside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Watkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ruppe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McCraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lavonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Suck Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Horton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (367 more) ...
- Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Boiling Springs.
- The Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Camps Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185977 <3>
- Calvary Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- State Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.
Byersville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Byersville, with the one closest to Byersville listed first.
- Henrietta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Nicholsville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nicholsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Boiling Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Ellenboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lattimore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Sharon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Bostic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Earl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shelby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Sandy Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sandy Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Byersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Byersville.
Newspapers Published in Byersville ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Byersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Byersville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Byersville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Byersville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Greenville County
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
- York 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 Byersville, 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> | 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> | 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- Byersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |