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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Eden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Eden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Eden, 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 Eden (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 Eden. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Eden is historic, it would have been located within present day Davidson 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 Davidson County: Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rowan & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Eden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eden:
- Davidson County (The home county of Eden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Fair Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Thomasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Holly Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Jefferson Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Abotts Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Welcome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cotton Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Alamance County
- Kimesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Advance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ephesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Mocksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Horneytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Sedge Garden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Rosemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Waughtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waughtown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waughtown
- High Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Kernersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sun Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Christy Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Wellington Way
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wellington Way is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Way
- Willowbend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
- Cityview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cityview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cityview
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Allen Jay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- High Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sherwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Freeman Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Jamestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkman Crossroad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Sandy Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Latham Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Pleasant Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Climax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Colfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Guilford College
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Pomona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Blaine
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Abner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Asbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Allreds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Trinity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Randleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mechanic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Worthville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Central Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Asheboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Cedar Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Redcross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Franklinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Trading Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Yadkin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Craven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Shannon Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- East Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Spencer is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spencer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbine is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Ellis Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Corbin Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corbin Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Hills
- Eastwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood Village is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Village
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Misenheimer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Richfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Palmerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Badin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Fulp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Germanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eden, see our County-by-County Page for Eden.
Cemeteries Near Eden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eden.
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 Eden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fair Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Andrews Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsontown Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rich Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Floral Garden Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (140 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Memorial Park
- Oakwood Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48279 <3>
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Eden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eden, with the one closest to Eden listed first.
- Fair Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Light
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Light is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Thomasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trinity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Progress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Archdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jimes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jimes is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimes
- Glenola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glenola is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenola
- High Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cid
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cid is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cid
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sophia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Freeman Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eden.
Newspapers Published in Eden ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eden, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eden.
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 either 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 Eden:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Davidson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Stokes 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 Eden, 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 '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- Eden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |