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 Cambridge (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 Cambridge. 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.
Cambridge is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Stokes, Henry (VA) & Pittsylvania (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Cambridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cambridge:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Cambridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Belmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Norwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Lawsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Wentworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Ruffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- College Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Draper ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Wittys Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Eden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Meadow Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Altamahaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Clover Garden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Ossipee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Union Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Birchwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- British Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- British Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Acres
- Green Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Sherwood Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Elon College
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Glen Raven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Raven is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Raven
- Glencoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glencoe is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Quick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Locust Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Bethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Stony Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- West Yanceyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Jericho
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Pelham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Yanceyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whitetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Stonewood Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Belews Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Pine Knolls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Bonanza Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Crims Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Cliffwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Greystone Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Kynwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- White Road ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Abington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Applegate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Browns Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rudd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Scalesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- McLeansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gibsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Spicewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Summerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Whitsett
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Carr
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Lakeview Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- McDade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Cedar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Miles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Green Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Laws
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Cheeks Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Jordan Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Walkers Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Deer Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Arrowhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Pine Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Amostown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Sandy Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Walnut Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fulp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Oak Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Sandy Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Irisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Axton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Horse Pasture
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Leatherwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Preston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Villa Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Collinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County (VA)
- Beaver Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Cascade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Mount Cross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Ridgecrest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Swansonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Kentuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cambridge, see our County-by-County Page for Cambridge.
Cemeteries Near Cambridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cambridge.
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 Cambridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cambridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Burton Memorial MB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pearson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Settle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Reidlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lawsonville Road Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Reid Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wolf Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge MB Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- Setliff Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- High Rock MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Cambridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cambridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
- Reidsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lenox Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Lawsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Monroeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroeton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeton
- Benaja
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Benaja is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benaja
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Wentworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Browns Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Ruffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Allison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allison is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasantville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Altamahaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Stony Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cambridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cambridge.
Newspapers Published in Cambridge ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cambridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cambridge, 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 Cambridge.
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 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 Cambridge:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Stokes County
- Danville City
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Martinsville City
- 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> | 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 Cambridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Cambridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |