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 Crater 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 Crater 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 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.
Crater Park is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County : Cabarrus , Gaston , Iredell , Lincoln , Union , Lancaster (SC) & York (SC) .
Below are the counties that are near Crater Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crater Park:
Mecklenburg County (The home county of Crater Park)
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Spring Lake (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Croft (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Croft is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft Chateau Woods (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods Greenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Newell (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Belmont (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Biddleville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville Charlotte (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Chantilly (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly Wilmore (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Paw Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek Dalton Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village Cabarrus County
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Cannon Crossroads (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
Cannon Cross Roads Cannon's Crossroads Wallace Cross Roads Wallace Crossroads Harrisburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Poplar Tent (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent Tulin ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Tulin is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin Concord (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town Midland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Bosts Mill ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill Georgeville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Rimer (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Rimer is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer Mount Pleasant (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Catawba County
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Lake Norman of Catawba (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Killian Crossroads (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads Terrell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Sherrills Ford (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Monbo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Monbo is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo Olivers Crossroads (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads Drums Crossroads (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Drums Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drums Crossroads Long Island (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Long Island is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island Bandy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bandy is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandy Providence Mill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Providence Mill is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill Maiden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Murrays Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Murrays Hill is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrays Hill Cleveland County
Kings Mountain (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Gaston County
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Mount Holly (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Lucia (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Brown Town (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Brown Town is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town Belmont (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Woodland ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Woodland is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Catawba ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Catawba is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Cramerton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
McAdenville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Lowell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
Stanley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Ranlo (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Ranlo is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
Iredell County
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Mount Mourne (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne Mayhew (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Mayhew is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew Mooresville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Doolie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Doolie is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie Shepherds (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Shepherds is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Mazeppa (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mazeppa is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa Ostwalt (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Ostwalt is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostwalt Troutman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Barium Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Barium Springs is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barium Springs Eufola (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Eufola is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eufola Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Lowesville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Lowesville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville Triangle ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Triangle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Westport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Westport is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Machpelah (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Machpelah is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah Denver (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Iron Station (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Iron Station is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station Boger City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Boger City is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City Lincolnton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Crouse (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Crouse is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Kannapolis (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Enochville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Enochville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville North Kannapolis (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis Harts ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Harts is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Corriher Heights (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights Five Points (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Five Points is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Landis (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
China Grove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Five Forks (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Five Forks is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks Mount Ulla (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Harris Chapel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel Mill Bridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Mill Bridge is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bridge Stanly County
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Locust (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Stanfield (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Lambert (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Lambert is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Red Cross (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Red Cross is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
Oakboro (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Bloomington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bloomington is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington Millingport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Millingport is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Stallings (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hemby Bridge (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Hemby Bridge is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
Indian Trail (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
Fairview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Fairview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
Marvin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Marvin is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
White Oak (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
White Oak is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Wesley Chapel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Unionville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Unionville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
Monroe (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Mineral Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Waxhaw (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Lancaster County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Camp Cox (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox Colonial Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Indian Land (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
York County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Lake Wylie (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Fort Mill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Tega Cay (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Riverview (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Riverview is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview India Hook (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
India Hook is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook Bowling Green (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Clover (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Newport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Newport is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Rock Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Lesslie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lesslie is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie Filbert (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Filbert is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert Zadok ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Crater Park, see our County-by-County Page for Crater Park .
Cemeteries Near Crater Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crater 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 Crater Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crater Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Oak Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Oaklawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery The Oaklawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Hendrix Family Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48276 <2>
Sugar Creek Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jonahville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Miranda Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Chapel Hill MB Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Biddleville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
North Pinewood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Charlotte . The Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery has also been known as:
Pinewood Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48436 <2>
Elmwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Hebrew Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
McCoy Slave Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (152 more) ...
George Elliott Family Slave Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Forest Lawn Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Newell Baptist Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Crater Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crater Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crater Park, with the one closest to Crater Park listed first.
Derita (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Derita is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derita Croft (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Croft is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft Charlotte (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Newell (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Paw Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek Monteith ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Monteith is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith Martindale ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Martindale is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale Huntersville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Arlington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Arlington is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Eastfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Eastfield is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastfield Mountain Island (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Mountain Island is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Island Dixie (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Continue List (14 more) ...
Harrisburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Caldwell (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Caldwell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Cowans Ford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Cowans Ford is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Ford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crater Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crater Park .
Newspapers Published in Crater 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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crater Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crater Park, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Crater 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 websites either 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 Crater Park:
Websites specific to North Carolina Pages specific to Mecklenburg County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cabarrus County Catawba County Cleveland County Gaston County Iredell County Lincoln County Rowan County Stanly County Union County Lancaster County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crater Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Mecklenburg County: https://www.mecknc.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Crater Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Crater Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.