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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 Delight (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 Delight. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Delight is located in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County: Burke, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford, Cherokee (SC) & York (SC).

Below are the counties that are near Delight. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delight:

  • Cleveland County     (The home county of Delight)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delight, with the one closest to Delight listed first.
    • Cleveland Mills ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Cleveland Mills is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Mills
    • Casar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Polkville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Polkville is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
    • Knob Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Olive Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Olive Grove is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Grove
    • Campcall
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lawndale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Belwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Belwood is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
    • New House
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fallston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kingstown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Toluca
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Toluca is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toluca
    • Beam Mill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Alexander County
    • Bethlehem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bethlehem is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
  • Burke County
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delight, with the one closest to Delight listed first.
    • Baton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sawmills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Sawmills is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,156 people
    • Granite Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cajah's Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Cajah's Mountain is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajah's Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
    • Pinehurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Pinehurst is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
    • Concord ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Concord is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Northlakes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Northlakes is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlakes
    • Gamewell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hudson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Muttenz ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Muttenz is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttenz
    • Abingdon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Adako
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Catawba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delight, with the one closest to Delight listed first.
    • Cooksville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cooksville is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
    • Banoak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Banoak is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
    • Plateau
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Advent Crossroads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Propst Crossroads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Propst Crossroads is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propst Crossroads
    • Blackburn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rhoney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadow Brook Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadow Brook Village is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
    • Mountain View
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountain View is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Brookford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookford is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
    • Long View
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Long View is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
    • Startown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Startown is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown
    • Fairbrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairbrook is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
  • Gaston County
  • Lincoln County
  • McDowell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delight, with the one closest to Delight listed first.
    • Mountain Home ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
    • Patten
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Vein Mountain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Glenwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenwood is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Nebo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Marion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • West Marion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • West Marion is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
    • Providence
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Providence is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Greenlee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rutherford County
  • Cherokee County (SC)
  • Spartanburg County (SC)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delight, see our County-by-County Page for Delight.

Cemeteries Near Delight ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delight.

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 Delight - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delight covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delight, with the one closest to Delight listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Delight had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Delight, with the one closest to Delight listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delight. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delight.

Newspapers Published in Delight ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delight.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delight, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delight.

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 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 Delight:

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 '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- Delight) 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 Delight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.