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 Heights (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 Heights. 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.
Name Variations for Catawba Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Catawba Heights: Catawba Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Catawba Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Catawba Heights.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Catawba Heights is located in Rowan 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 Rowan County: Cabarrus, Davidson, Davie, Iredell, Montgomery & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Catawba Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Catawba Heights:
- Rowan County (The home county of Catawba Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Ellis Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Mocksville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mocksville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
- Belmont
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Belmont is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Forest Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forest Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Spencer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shannon Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- Eaman Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eaman Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaman Park
- Salisbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Spencer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Spencer is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spencer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Corbin Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Hills
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Rimer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Fisher Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Poplar Tent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Cannon Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Lake Norman of Catawba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monbo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monbo is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo
- Long Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Long Island is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Sherrills Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Terrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Tyro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tyro is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Linwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cotton Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Southmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Sapona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapona
- Silver Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Currytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Jefferson Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Reedy Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Mocksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Advance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Calahaln
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Bermuda Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pino
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Muddy Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Muddy Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek
- Clemmons
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rosemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemont is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Cinnamon Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
- Eaglewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
- Lewisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ardmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ardmore is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- Cutters Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cutters Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutters Creek
- Grapewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
- Robin Hood Trace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Robin Hood Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Trace
- Robinhood Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Robinhood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood Forest
- Waughtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waughtown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waughtown
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Cool Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Mazeppa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mazeppa is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Mooresville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shepherds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shepherds is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Ostwalt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ostwalt is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostwalt
- Troutman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harmony
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- Mount Mourne
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
- Barium Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Barium Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barium Springs
- Statesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Davidson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cornelius
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- River View ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Huntersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Randolph County
- Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Misenheimer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Richfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millingport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Plyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Bloomington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Lambert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Palmerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Albemarle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Badin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Locust
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Wyo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Courtney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Footville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Catawba Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Catawba Heights.
Cemeteries Near Catawba Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catawba Heights.
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 Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Catawba Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Salisbury National Cemetery Annex
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rowan Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowan Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rowan Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48649 <2>
- Owen Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salisbury National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dixonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old English Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wittenberg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grubb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Christiana Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Catawba Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Catawba Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Catawba Heights, with the one closest to Catawba Heights listed first.
- Salisbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jubilee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jubilee is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jubilee
- Granite Quarry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trading Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Faith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodleaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blackmer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blackmer is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmer
- Jerusalem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Mill Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Bridge is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bridge
- Craven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- China Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Linwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Miranda ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miranda is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miranda
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Catawba Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Catawba Heights.
Newspapers Published in Catawba Heights ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catawba Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catawba Heights, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Catawba Heights.
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 Catawba Heights:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rowan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cabarrus County
- Catawba County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Iredell County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Stanly County
- Yadkin 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Catawba Heights) 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 Catawba Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |