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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chuckle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chuckle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chuckle, 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 Chuckle (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 Chuckle. 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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Chuckle is historic, it would have been located within present day Wilkes 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 Wilkes County: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Surry, Watauga & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Chuckle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chuckle:
- Wilkes County (The home county of Chuckle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Lomax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Traphill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moxley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Hays
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Abshers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Roaring River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Ronda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Fairplains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Alexander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Vashti
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Rocky Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Hiddenite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Taylorsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Liledoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Liledoun is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
- Ellendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Stony Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stony Point is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Roaring Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glade Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hooker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Sparta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Laurel Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ennice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Edmonds
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Amelia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Scottville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Topia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Piney Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Transou
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Glendale Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Obids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Wagoner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Orion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Yates
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Yates is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Crumpler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weavers Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grassy Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fleetwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Cilley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cilley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cilley
- Kings Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Creek is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Love Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Union Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houstonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Olin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Harmony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Turnersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Thurmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- State Road
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elkin Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Elkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Devotion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Mountain Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mulberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Zephyr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Dobson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Low Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Watauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Stony Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Deep Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Laxon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Jonesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Swan Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Cycle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Rena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Marler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Boonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Windsors Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Windsors Crossroads is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsors Crossroads
- Branon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Hamptonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Lambsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Pipers Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Cana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Low Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Independence
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fries
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elk Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chuckle, see our County-by-County Page for Chuckle.
Cemeteries Near Chuckle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chuckle.
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 Chuckle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chuckle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Knobs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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]<3> 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 <4>
- Truitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Bottom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Double Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Brier Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- State Road Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mountlawn Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (331 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Lane Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grassy Creek 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.
While we didn't find Chuckle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chuckle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chuckle, with the one closest to Chuckle listed first.
- Lomax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Dockery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dockery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Austin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Traphill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Joynes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Joynes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joynes
- Dehart
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Benham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Benham is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
- Hay Meadow ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hay Meadow is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Meadow
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Ronda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Dellaplane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dellaplane is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellaplane
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fairplains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- State Road
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cherry Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chuckle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chuckle.
Newspapers Published in Chuckle ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chuckle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chuckle, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chuckle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Chuckle:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilkes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Caldwell County
- Iredell County
- Surry County
- Watauga County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson 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 Chuckle, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chuckle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |