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 Courtland Park (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 Courtland Park. 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 doctors and 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.
Courtland Park is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Stokes, Henry (VA) & Pittsylvania (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Courtland Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Courtland Park:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Courtland Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Belmont
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Norwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Wentworth
(5 miles [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
- Lawsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- College Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Ruffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Draper ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Eden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Meadow Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Altamahaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Ossipee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Clover Garden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Birchwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- British Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- British Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Acres
- Green Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Sherwood Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Union Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Elon College
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Glen Raven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Raven is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Raven
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Spring Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Quick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Locust Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Stony Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- West Yanceyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Pelham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Jericho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Whitetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Anderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Yanceyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gatewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Belews Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Stonewood Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Pine Knolls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Bonanza Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Crims Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Greystone Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Kynwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- White Road ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Brinkley Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brinkley Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Estates
- Abington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Applegate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Browns Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scalesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Rudd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- McLeansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spicewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Summerfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Sedalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Gibsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Stokesdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Greensboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Carr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Lakeview Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- McDade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Pine Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Amostown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Sandy Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Walnut Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fulp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Oak Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Danbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Sandy Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Ridgeway
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Irisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Axton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Horse Pasture
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Leatherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Preston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Villa Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Collinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County (VA)
- Beaver Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Stella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Nettleridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Cascade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Mount Cross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Ridgecrest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Swansonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Grady
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Kentuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Courtland Park, see our County-by-County Page for Courtland Park.
Cemeteries Near Courtland Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Courtland Park.
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 Courtland Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Courtland Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Reidlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Reid Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evergreen Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burton Memorial MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Settle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lawsonville Road Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Palmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Island Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Setliff Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (173 more) ...
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Courtland Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Courtland Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Courtland Park, with the one closest to Courtland Park listed first.
- Reidsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Monroeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Monroeton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeton
- Wentworth
(5 miles [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
- Benaja
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Benaja is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benaja
- Lenox Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Lawsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Browns Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Pleasantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Ruffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scalesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Leaksville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leaksville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Spray ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Cherry Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Allison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Allison is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Courtland Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Courtland Park.
Newspapers Published in Courtland Park ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Courtland Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Courtland Park, 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 Courtland Park.
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 Courtland Park:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Stokes County
- Danville City
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick 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> | 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 Courtland Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Courtland Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |