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 Cedar Falls (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 Cedar Falls. 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 hospitals 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.
Cedar Falls is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Falls:
- Randolph County (The home county of Cedar Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Franklinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Central Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Millboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Ramseur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Worthville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Randleman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Asheboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Sophia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Redcross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- New Market
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Coleridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Kimesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Snow Camp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Alamance
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- The Country
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Sutphin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Bellemont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bellemont is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Pickwood Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
- Deerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Glenwood Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Kellam Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kellam Place is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellam Place
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Siler City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bear Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Goldston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carbonton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Gulf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Eden ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Silver Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Thomasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Complex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Denton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Handy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Cedar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Abotts Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Holly Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Silver Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Horneytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Climax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Julian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Forest Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Allen Jay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Kirkman Crossroad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Sherwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Southmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- High Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Latham Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Lee County
- Cumnock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cumnock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Asbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Abner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Allreds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Ophir
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Blaine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Biscoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Jugtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Robbins
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Parkwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Zion Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zion Grove is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
- Orange County
- Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Falls.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Falls.
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 Cedar Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Old Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll Cemetery
- The Sunset Knoll Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Christian Church Cemetery
- Ramseur Cemetery
- Sunset Knoll Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48889 <2>
- Randolph Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Spring Friends Meeting Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harshaw Grove MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Liberty.
- The Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713812 <2>
- John Wesley Stand Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McMasters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old McMasters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Kildee Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Old Shady Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cedar Falls had a population of 271 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Falls, with the one closest to Cedar Falls listed first.
- Franklinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Central Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Millboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Ramseur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grays Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Worthville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Randleman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sophia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ulah is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulah
- New Market
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Coleridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Level Cross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Level Cross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Cross
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Staley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Julian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Falls.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Falls ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Falls, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Falls.
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 websites either 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 Cedar Falls:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Orange County
- Rowan 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- Cedar Falls) 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 Cedar Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |