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 Cascades (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 Cascades. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Cascades is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
Below are the counties that are near Cascades. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cascades:
- Orange County (The home county of Cascades)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Schley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- North Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Oak Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Pleasant Green Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Springcrest Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Charter Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- Piney Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hillsborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Deer Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Brigadoon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brigadoon is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Mebane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Trail
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Buena Vista Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Brook Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Just Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Woodlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Florence Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Hawfields
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Pleasant Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Melville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Green Level
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Haw River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Granite Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Granite Village is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Leasburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Stony Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Yanceyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Semora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- West Yanceyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Estelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Blanch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Cary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- The American Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Bahama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rougemont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Durham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Gorman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Brassfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Parkwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Nelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- Wake Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Butner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Stem
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Creedmoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Berea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Mount Energy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Providence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Tar River
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Wilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Clay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Gibsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Mount Tirzah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Moriah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Whitt Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Roxboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Allensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Ceffo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- New Light
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Stony Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Hazelwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Pickwick Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Dutchess Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Meredith Townes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Woodbury Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- Apex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Indian Trail
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Method
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Millbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Alton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cascades, see our County-by-County Page for Cascades.
Cemeteries Near Cascades ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cascades.
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 Cascades - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cascades covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Governor Burke Grave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dunagan Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <3>
- Latta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Eno Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- County Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (127 more) ...
- Wheelers Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maplewood 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cascades in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cascades.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cascades, with the one closest to Cascades listed first.
- Hillsborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Efland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Laws
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Blackwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Bahama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rougemont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hurdle Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairntosh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairntosh is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairntosh
- Red Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Red Mountain is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Gordonton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gordonton is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonton
- Prospect Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bushy Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bushy Fork is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Fork
- Durham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cascades. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cascades.
Newspapers Published in Cascades ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cascades.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cascades, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cascades.
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 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 Cascades:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Person County
- Wake County
- Halifax 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cascades) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Cascades, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |