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 Cheeks (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 Cheeks. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Cheeks 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 Cheeks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cheeks:
- Randolph County (The home county of Cheeks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Coleridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Yow Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Ramseur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Michfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Seagrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Staley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Asheboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Central Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Millboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Melanchton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Snow Camp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sutphin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Kimesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Mandale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Rock Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Eli Whitney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Saxapahaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Bellemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bellemont is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Pickwood Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
- Woodshire Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodshire Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Estates
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Bennett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Siler City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Carbonton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Goldston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gulf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Farmville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bynum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Moncure
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Fearrington Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Complex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Denton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Handy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Silver Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Julian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Climax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Freeman Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Kirkman Crossroad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Harnett County
- Murchisontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Murchisontown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisontown
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Cumnock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cumnock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
- Wildwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Glenwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Green Valley Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Western Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Western Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- White Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Hill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill
- Tramway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tramway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Colon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Sanford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parkwood Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
- Quail Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Ridge is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Osgood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Jonesboro Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Asbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Ether
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Allreds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Biscoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Candor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Ophir
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Eldorado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Wadeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Jugtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Robbins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Parkwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Dover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Zion Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Zion Grove is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
- Carthage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Harris is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Eagle Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Seven Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Seven Lakes is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- West End
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cameron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jackson Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Springs
- Orange County
- Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Richmond County
- Norman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Norman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cheeks, see our County-by-County Page for Cheeks.
Cemeteries Near Cheeks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cheeks.
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 Cheeks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cheeks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Christian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Spring Friends Meeting Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Zion Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vernon Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kildee Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sunset Knoll Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Fair Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Huldah Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (92 more) ...
- Whynot Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cagle Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Rest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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 in 1895, Cheeks had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cheeks, with the one closest to Cheeks listed first.
- Coleridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Ramseur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Siler City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Franklinville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Staley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Ulah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ulah is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulah
- Goldston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ether
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Central Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Pisgah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Allreds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Grays Chapel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Millboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cheeks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cheeks.
Newspapers Published in Cheeks ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cheeks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cheeks, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cheeks.
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 Cheeks:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Guilford County
- Harnett County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Orange County
- Richmond 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- Cheeks) 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 Cheeks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |