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 Dunns Rock (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 Dunns Rock. 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.
Name Variations for Dunns Rock ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Dunns Rock, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Dunns Rock may originally have been Dunn's Rock.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dunns Rock might be written as Dunn Rock.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Dunns Rock is located in Transylvania 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 Transylvania County: Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Greenville (SC), Oconee (SC) & Pickens (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Dunns Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunns Rock:
- Transylvania County (The home county of Dunns Rock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- East Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Brevard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rosman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pisgah Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Penrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Balsam Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Toxaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Sapphire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Avery Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Glady
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glady is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glady
- Arden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Royal Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Candler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Enka Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Busbee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Skyland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Acton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Biltmore Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Cruso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Morning Star
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Waynesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Lake Junaluska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maggie Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Etowah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Horse Shoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Mills River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Claremont
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Claremont is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Flat Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hendersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Argura
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Argura is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argura
- Cashiers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tuckasegee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Laport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Laport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laport
- Balsam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby City
- Erastus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Erastus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- Cullowhee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Forest Hills has also been known as:
- Forest Hills village
- Village of Forest Hills
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Hills <2>
- Highlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Addie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Addie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Macon County
- Ellijay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ellijay is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellijay
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Melrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Tryon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lynn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Anderson County (SC)
- Powderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powderville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderville
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Caesars Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Cleveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Tigerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Travelers Rest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Berea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- City View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- City View is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
- Parker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parker is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Sans Souci
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sans Souci is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tamassee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Rocky Bottom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Knob ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Sunset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crow Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Nine Times
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Dacusville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Pickens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arial
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Arial is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
- Easley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Six Mile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Norris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunns Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Dunns Rock.
Cemeteries Near Dunns Rock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunns Rock.
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 Dunns Rock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunns Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- Holden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Round Top Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glazener Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Gillespie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gillespie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cassell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McGaha Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- Masters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Dunns Rock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunns Rock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunns Rock, with the one closest to Dunns Rock listed first.
- East Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Cherryfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cherryfield is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- Brevard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Davidson River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Davidson River is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson River
- Caesars Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Penrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Balsam Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wattacoo ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wattacoo is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattacoo
- Knob ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Riverview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Nimmons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nimmons is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bowman Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Bluff is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Bluff
- Wolf Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wolf Mountain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Mountain
- Mayfield ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mayfield is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunns Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunns Rock.
Newspapers Published in Dunns Rock ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunns Rock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunns Rock, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunns Rock.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dunns Rock:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Transylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Jackson County
- Macon County
- Polk County
- Anderson County
- Greenville County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Dunns Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dunns Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |