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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chalk Level. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chalk Level to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chalk Level, please Contact Us.
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 Chalk Level (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 Chalk Level. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Chalk Level is historic, it would have been located within present day Forsyth 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 Forsyth County: Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Chalk Level. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chalk Level:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Chalk Level)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Creekwood Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Creekwood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekwood Acres
- Day Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Day Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Acres
- Old Hollow Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Hollow Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hollow Estates
- Ogburn Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ogburn Station is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn Station
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Park Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Park Terrace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Terrace
- Bon Air
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bon Air is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Brookwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brookwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookwood
- Montview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montview
- Alspaugh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Forest Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Cityview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cityview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cityview
- Guthrie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Guthrie is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Wallburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Abotts Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Arcadia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Welcome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Currytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Thomasville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Jefferson Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Eden ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Advance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pino
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Mocksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Calahaln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Colfax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Stokesdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- High Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Pomona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Scalesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Allen Jay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Archdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Ellisboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Mayodan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Stoneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wentworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Germanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fulp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Neatman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Mount Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Quaker Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Pine Hall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Capella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Pinnacle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Pilot Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pine Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Westfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Ararat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Copeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Black Water
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Holly Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- East Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Forbush
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Wyo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Union Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Richmond Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Courtney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Yadkinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Boonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Footville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Branon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Nettleridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Peters Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chalk Level, see our County-by-County Page for Chalk Level.
Cemeteries Near Chalk Level ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chalk Level.
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 Chalk Level - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chalk Level covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Woodland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mecum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ogburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Winston - Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48680 <3>
- Salem Moravian God's Acre Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- God's Acre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for God's Acre
- To give a relative sense of its location, the God's Acre is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Winston - Salem.
- The God's Acre has also been known as:
- Salem Moravian Cemetery
- Salem Moravian God's Acre
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2224695 <3>
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stultz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Chalk Level in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chalk Level.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chalk Level, with the one closest to Chalk Level listed first.
- Alspaugh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Walkertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Dennis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- White Road ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Kernersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethania
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Pfafftown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Walnut Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tobaccoville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Colfax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chalk Level. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chalk Level.
Newspapers Published in Chalk Level ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chalk Level.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chalk Level, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chalk Level.
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 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 Chalk Level:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Patrick County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Chalk Level, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Chalk Level) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |