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 Collinstown (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 Collinstown. 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 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.
Collinstown is located in Stokes 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 Stokes County: Forsyth, Rockingham, Surry, Henry (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Collinstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Collinstown:
- Stokes County (The home county of Collinstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Aarons Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Lawsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Vade Mecum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Snow Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Oak Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Flat Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Danbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Capella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Sandy Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Quaker Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- King
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bannertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- The Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Chestnut Trails
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Heritage Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Rural Hall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tobaccoville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Donnaha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Creek View
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Stanleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stanleyville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
- Dennis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Dozier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Guilford County
- Stokesdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Mayodan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Matrimony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Gold Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Albion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Westfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Holly Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Sheltontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Pilot Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Ararat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Mount Airy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Toast
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Toast is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- White Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- East Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Richmond Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Forbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Mount Pleasant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Nebo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Boonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Pike City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Nester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Gladesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Cana
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fancy Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lambsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dugspur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Hillsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Star is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Pipers Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Woodlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Floyd County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Haycock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Floyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duncan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Pizarro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Poff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Poff is located in Floyd County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Indian Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prilliman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Horse Pasture
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Bassett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stanleytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Reed Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Oak Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Chatmoss
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Peters Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Stuart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Patrick Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ararat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nettleridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Critz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows of Dan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Woolwine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Charity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Collinstown, see our County-by-County Page for Collinstown.
Cemeteries Near Collinstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Collinstown.
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 Collinstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Collinstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Beasley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Creaseys Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flippin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robert L. Beasely Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beasley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Durham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nunn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lankford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rodgers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Minnies Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hatcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (668 more) ...
- Albion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nunn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Collinstown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Collinstown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Collinstown, with the one closest to Collinstown listed first.
- Francisco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Peters Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Palmetto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Dobyns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dobyns is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobyns
- Westfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stuart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Patrick Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nettleridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Vesta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Critz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows of Dan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Collinstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Collinstown.
Newspapers Published in Collinstown ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Collinstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Collinstown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Collinstown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Collinstown:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stokes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Rockingham County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick 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> | 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 Collinstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Collinstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |