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 Dayspring (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 Dayspring. 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 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.
Dayspring is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Dayspring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dayspring:
- Randolph County (The home county of Dayspring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Randleman
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Worthville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Millboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Sophia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Central Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- New Market
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Redcross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Cedar Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Melanchton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Franklinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Asheboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ramseur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Kimesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Pleasant Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Snow Camp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Alamance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- The Country
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Glenwood Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Bellemont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bellemont is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Deerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Kellam Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kellam Place is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellam Place
- Mark View
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Pickwood Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Siler City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bennett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bear Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Goldston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Eden ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Thomasville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Abotts Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Denton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Holly Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Complex
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Handy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Cedar Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Silver Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Horneytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Christy Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Kernersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Applegate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Emorywood Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- High Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Sedge Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Sun Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Climax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Julian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Kirkman Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Forest Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Allen Jay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Southmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- High Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Latham Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Abner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Asbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Allreds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Ophir
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Jugtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- Wittys Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dayspring, see our County-by-County Page for Dayspring.
Cemeteries Near Dayspring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dayspring.
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 Dayspring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dayspring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Harshaw Grove MB Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- John Wesley Stand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Liberty.
- The Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713812 <3>
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmore Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Knoll Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll Cemetery
- The Sunset Knoll Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Christian Church Cemetery
- Ramseur Cemetery
- Sunset Knoll Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48889 <3>
- McMasters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old McMasters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Holly Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Amose Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (117 more) ...
- Carolina Biblical Gardens of Guilford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Shady Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Dayspring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dayspring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dayspring, with the one closest to Dayspring listed first.
- Randleman
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Worthville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Millboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Sophia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Level Cross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Level Cross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Cross
- Central Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- New Market
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Grays Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Cedar Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Climax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenola is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenola
- Franklinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Julian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Progress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dayspring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dayspring.
Newspapers Published in Dayspring ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dayspring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dayspring, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dayspring.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Dayspring:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dayspring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Dayspring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |