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 Dana (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 Dana. 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 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.
Dana is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Buncombe, Haywood, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania & Greenville (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Dana. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dana:
- Henderson County (The home county of Dana)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Baxter
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Upward
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Upward is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
- U-No
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- U-No is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for U-No
- Carolina Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carolina Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Village
- East Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barker Heights is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Heights
- Cumberland Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Hendersonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pinehurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pinehurst is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Claremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Claremont is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Balfour
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Arden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Pines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Skyland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Avery Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Busbee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Biltmore Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Azalea
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Swannanoa Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Swannanoa Hills is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swannanoa Hills
- Bent Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Sayles Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sayles Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayles Village
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Cruso
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Morning Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Lackey Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Moffitt Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Dendron
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Old Fort
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Greenlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Vein Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Glenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- West Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tryon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lure
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Rutherfordton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Ruth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Bakersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Spindale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Penrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seven Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Cedar Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brevard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Rosman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Balsam Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Highland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Gowensville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Tigerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cleveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caesars Head
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Slater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- O'Neal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Travelers Rest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chick Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chick Springs is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
- Greer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greer is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <1>
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Knob ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Dacusville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Landrum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
- Campobello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gramling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fingerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Inman Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
- Inman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
- Brooklyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Boiling Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
- Lyman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,796 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyman <1>
- Wellford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dana, see our County-by-County Page for Dana.
Cemeteries Near Dana ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dana.
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 Dana - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dana covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stepp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seagle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pittillo Lanning Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fruitland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Love Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- Jones - Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Patty 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.<4>
While we didn't find Dana in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dana.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dana, with the one closest to Dana listed first.
- Baxter
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Blue Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Upward
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Upward is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
- Fruitland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Hendersonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zirconia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saluda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Melrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Bat Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bearwallow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Lynn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Chimney Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Shoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dana. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dana.
Newspapers Published in Dana ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dana.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dana, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dana.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Dana:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Transylvania County
- Greenville County
- Pickens County
- Spartanburg 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dana) 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 Dana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |