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 Cliffside (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 Cliffside. 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 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 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.
Cliffside is primarily located in Cleveland County. A portion of Cliffside extends into Rutherford 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 Cleveland County: Burke, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford, Cherokee (SC) & York (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Cliffside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cliffside:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Cliffside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Boiling Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mooresboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Lattimore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Brittain Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- New House
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Kingstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Earl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Campcall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Brindletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Camp Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Enola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Catawba County
- Cooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Dellview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Perry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Cherryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Bessemer City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Laurel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Crouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Vale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Vein Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Patten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Glenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Sugar Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Mill Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Columbus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lynn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Henrietta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Six Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Caroleen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Sandy Mush
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Harris
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Ellenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Alexander Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Holly Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bostic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Bakersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Chesnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- East Gaffney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blacksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville County (SC)
- Gowensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Brooklyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Mayo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <1>
- Fingerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Converse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Boiling Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Valley Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Drayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pacolet Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Union County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Jonesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kelly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Smyrna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cliffside, see our County-by-County Page for Cliffside.
Cemeteries Near Cliffside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cliffside.
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 Cliffside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cliffside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Scruggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cliffside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Caroleen Avondale Henrietta Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Watkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ruppe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCraw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McCraw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jolley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goode Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (359 more) ...
- Providence UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Providence UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Henrietta.
- The Providence UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Providence Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48508 <2>
- State Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Suck Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Cliffside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cliffside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Henrietta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Boiling Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nicholsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nicholsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Ellenboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lattimore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Bostic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sandy Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Washburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- New House
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Earl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cliffside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cliffside.
Newspapers Published in Cliffside ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cliffside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cliffside, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cliffside.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cliffside:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Greenville County
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
- York 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cliffside) 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 Cliffside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |