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 Catawba Colony (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 Catawba Colony. 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 doctors 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.
Catawba Colony is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County : Cabarrus , Gaston , Iredell , Lincoln , Union , Lancaster (SC) & York (SC) .
Below are the counties that are near Catawba Colony. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Catawba Colony:
Mecklenburg County (The home county of Catawba Colony)
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Dixie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Paw Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek Dalton Village (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village Pinecrest (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest Chateau Woods (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods Yorkmont (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont Biddleville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville Wilmore (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Greenville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Charlotte (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Spring Lake (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Belmont (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Chantilly (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly Cabarrus County
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Cannon Crossroads (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
Cannon Cross Roads Cannon's Crossroads Wallace Cross Roads Wallace Crossroads Harrisburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Tulin ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Tulin is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin Poplar Tent (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent Midland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Concord (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town Bosts Mill ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill Georgeville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Catawba County
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Killian Crossroads (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads Lake Norman of Catawba (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Terrell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Olivers Crossroads (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads Providence Mill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Providence Mill is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill Drums Crossroads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Drums Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drums Crossroads Sherrills Ford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Maiden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bandy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Bandy is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandy Monbo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Monbo is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo Duan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Duan is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan Long Island (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Long Island is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island Cleveland County
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Kings Mountain (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
White Plains (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
White Plains is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains Elbethel ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Elbethel is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel Grover (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Stony Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Stony Point is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point Durbro ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Durbro is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro Stubbs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Stubbs is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs Waco (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Waco is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Light Oak (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Light Oak is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak Pleasant Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Elizabeth City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City Patterson Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
Wilson ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Wilson is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Gaston County
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Brown Town (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Brown Town is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town Belmont (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
McAdenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Catawba ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Catawba is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Cramerton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mount Holly (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Lowell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Woodland ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Woodland is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Ranlo (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Ranlo is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
Smyre (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Smyre is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre Spencer Mountain (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
Begonia ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Begonia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia Lucia (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Iredell County
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Mayhew (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mayhew is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew Mount Mourne (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne Doolie (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Doolie is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie Mooresville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Shepherds (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Shepherds is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Mazeppa (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Mazeppa is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Lowesville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Lowesville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville Machpelah (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Machpelah is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah Triangle ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Triangle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Iron Station (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Iron Station is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station Westport (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Westport is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Denver (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Boger City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Boger City is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City Crouse (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Crouse is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse Lincolnton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Enochville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Enochville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville Kannapolis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Harts ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Harts is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts North Kannapolis (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis Corriher Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights Five Points (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Five Points is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Landis (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Marvin (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Marvin is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
Stallings (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
White Oak (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
White Oak is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Indian Trail (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Hemby Bridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Hemby Bridge is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
Lake Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
Wesley Chapel (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Waxhaw (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Fairview (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Fairview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
Mineral Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Unionville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Unionville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
Jaars (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Jaars is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaars Monroe (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cherokee County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Kings Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Blacksburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Chester County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Smith (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Smith is located in Chester County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Edgemoor (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lancaster County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Camp Cox (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox Colonial Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Indian Land (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Van Wyck (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Springdell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Springdell is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell York County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Lake Wylie (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Tega Cay (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Bowling Green (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Fort Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
India Hook (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
India Hook is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook Riverview (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Riverview is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Clover (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Newport (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Newport is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Filbert (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Filbert is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert Zadok ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Zadok is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok Rock Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
York (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Lesslie (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Lesslie is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Catawba Colony, see our County-by-County Page for Catawba Colony .
Cemeteries Near Catawba Colony ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catawba Colony.
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 Catawba Colony - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Catawba Colony covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Mt. Olive Presbyterian Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Berryhill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Smith Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Moores Chapel UMC Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Greenwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Big Spring United Methodist Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Thrift Baptist Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Woodland United Presbyterian Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Moores AME Zion Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Mulberry Presbyterian Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Forest Lawn Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (192 more) ...
New Vision Foursquare Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Aviary Gardens (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Cramerton Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Catawba Colony in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Catawba Colony.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Catawba Colony, with the one closest to Catawba Colony listed first.
Dixie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Belmont (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Arlington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Arlington is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Paw Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek McAdenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mount Holly (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Martindale ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Martindale is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale Lowell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Steel Creek ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Steel Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Creek Mountain Island (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Mountain Island is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Island Begonia ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Begonia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia Hebron ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hebron is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Continue List (13 more) ...
Charlotte (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Lucia (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Pineville (11 miles [17.7 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 Catawba Colony. See our List of 1890's Communities around Catawba Colony .
Newspapers Published in Catawba Colony ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catawba Colony.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catawba Colony, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Catawba Colony.
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 Catawba Colony:
Websites specific to North Carolina Pages specific to Mecklenburg County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cabarrus County Catawba County Cleveland County Gaston County Iredell County Lincoln County Rowan County Union County Cherokee County Chester County Lancaster County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Catawba Colony. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Mecklenburg County: https://www.mecknc.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Catawba Colony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Catawba Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.