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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Durbro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Durbro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Durbro, please Contact Us.
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 Durbro (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 Durbro. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Durbro is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Durbro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Durbro:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Durbro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Patterson Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Light Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- White Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Elizabeth City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Earl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Briarwood Townhouses
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Shelby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brittain Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Camp Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Banoak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Cooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Plateau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Blackburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blackburn is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Propst Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Propst Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propst Crossroads
- Rhoney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rhoney is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoney
- Maiden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Mill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill
- Advent Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
- Meadow Brook Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Startown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Startown is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown
- Duan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duan is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Perry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Bessemer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dellview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Cherryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- South Gastonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Gastonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dallas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ranlo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Smyre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- High Shoals
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- High Shoals is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Crouse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Lincolnton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Henry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Laurel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Boger City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Iron Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Machpelah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Lowesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Paw Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Six Points
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Ellenboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Caroleen
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Henrietta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Hollis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Sandy Mush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Bostic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Alexander Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Harris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Forest City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Blacksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kings Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Chesnee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chester County (SC)
- Cabal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cabal is located in Chester County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Cowpens
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <2>
- Mayo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Clifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Converse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pacolet Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central Pacolet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pacolet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <2>
- Zion Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Drayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fingerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Union County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Bailey Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Kelly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Jonesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lockhart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Smyrna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bowling Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Clover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Filbert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hopewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Lake Wylie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Durbro, see our County-by-County Page for Durbro.
Cemeteries Near Durbro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Durbro.
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 Durbro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Durbro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Archibald Graham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Christian Freedom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ellis Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Long Branch First Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson Springs Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Patterson Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Earl.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2247407 <3>
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grover Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Grover.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47568 <3>
- Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Webb Memorial Lawns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- Sulphur Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- El Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
Durbro itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Durbro, with the one closest to Durbro listed first.
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Earl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stubbs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Shelby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Kings Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blacksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Perry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Waco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Nicholsville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nicholsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Double Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Double Shoals is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Shoals
- Beam Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Beam Mill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beam Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Durbro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Durbro.
Newspapers Published in Durbro ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Durbro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Durbro, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Durbro.
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 Durbro:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Chester County
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Durbro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Durbro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |