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 Clover Garden (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 Clover Garden. 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.
Name Variations for Clover Garden ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Clover Garden: Clover Gdn. (or less commonly used: Clover Gardn., Clover Grden. or Clover Grdn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
Clover Garden is located in Alamance 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 Alamance County: Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Clover Garden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clover Garden:
- Alamance County (The home county of Clover Garden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Altamahaw
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Union Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Birchwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- British Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- British Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Acres
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Glencoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glencoe is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Ossipee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- McCray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Sherwood Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Carolina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Hunting Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Morgantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morgantown is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Stony Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Ashland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Locust Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Prospect Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Quick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- West Yanceyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Yanceyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Pelham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Leasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Rougemont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- The American Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Gibsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitsett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rudd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- White Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Forest Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Greensboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spicewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Scalesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Carr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Lakeview Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Miles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Cheeks Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Cedar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Jordan Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- McDade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Walkers Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Efland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Deer Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Green Pines
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Allens Level
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Cates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hicks Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Whitt Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Timberlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ceffo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Roxboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Redcross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Melanchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Staley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Lawsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Belmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ruffin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wentworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Wittys Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- College Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Draper ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Meadow Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Eden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Gold Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Henry County (VA)
- Sandy Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clover Garden, see our County-by-County Page for Clover Garden.
Cemeteries Near Clover Garden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clover Garden.
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 Clover Garden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clover Garden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Fairview UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Underwood - Boswell Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leath-Kernodle-Hornbuckle Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Fence Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Fence Church Cemetery
- The Rock Fence Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stoney Creek AME Church Cemetery
- Friedens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- High Rock MB Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alamance Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (165 more) ...
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffries Cross Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Enoch Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Clover Garden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clover Garden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clover Garden, with the one closest to Clover Garden listed first.
- Altamahaw
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Union Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- McCray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Stony Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Elon College
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gibsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haw River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cherry Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Lenox Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Ashland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McLeansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swepsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Hawfields
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clover Garden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clover Garden.
Newspapers Published in Clover Garden ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clover Garden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clover Garden, 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 Clover Garden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Clover Garden:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alamance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Durham County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Danville City
- Henry County
- Pittsylvania 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' (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- Clover Garden) 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 Clover Garden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |