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 Cherry Lane (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 Cherry Lane. 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.
Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany 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 Alleghany County: Ashe, Surry, Wilkes & Grayson (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Cherry Lane. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cherry Lane:
- Alleghany County (The home county of Cherry Lane)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Glade Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roaring Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Ennice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sparta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Amelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Laurel Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Piney Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scottville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Topia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Transou
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Wagoner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Crumpler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glendale Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Weavers Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Grassy Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Obids
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Orion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yates is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Helton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- West Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Union Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Devotion
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Thurmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- State Road
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Round Peak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Elkin Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Mulberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Elkin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dobson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Watauga County
- Stony Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Traphill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Abshers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Lomax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Dehart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- McGrady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Hays
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Ronda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mulberry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Jonesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Swan Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Rena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Boonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Marler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Nebo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Branon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Hamptonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Lambsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Cana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sheep Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Hillsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gladesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Shorts Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Nester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Low Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Independence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Fries
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Rugby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Trout Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick County (VA)
- Ararat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wythe County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Speedwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Austinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rowe Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cherry Lane, see our County-by-County Page for Cherry Lane.
Cemeteries Near Cherry Lane ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherry Lane.
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 Cherry Lane - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cherry Lane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Cherry Lane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glade Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Glenn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little Pine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Double Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Traphill.
- The Johnson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Johnson Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188960 <3>
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (533 more) ...
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Higgins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Cherry Lane had a population of 16 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cherry Lane, with the one closest to Cherry Lane listed first.
- Hooker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Joynes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Joynes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joynes
- Devotion
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Traphill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edwards Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Ennice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sparta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Whitehead is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Dockery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dockery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Edmonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Peach Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lomax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Ladonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ladonia is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Low Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cherry Lane. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cherry Lane.
Newspapers Published in Cherry Lane ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherry Lane.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cherry Lane, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cherry Lane.
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 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 Cherry Lane:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alleghany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashe County
- Iredell County
- Surry County
- Watauga County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Patrick County
- Wythe 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cherry Lane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Cherry Lane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |