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 Eli Whitney (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 Eli Whitney. 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.
Eli Whitney is located in Alamance 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 Alamance County: Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Eli Whitney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eli Whitney:
- Alamance County (The home county of Eli Whitney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Saxapahaw
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sutphin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Mandale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Snow Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Melville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Swepsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Cooper Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Hawfields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Broad Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Broad Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Acres
- Forest Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Maple Grove Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Acres
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Anderson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Prospect Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Stony Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Jericho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Ridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Bynum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Fearrington Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Pittsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Siler City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bonlee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Goldston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Farmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gulf
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Moncure
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Carbonton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- The American Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Parkwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Durham
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brassfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gorman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Bahama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rougemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Gibsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Whitsett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Julian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Forest Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Climax
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- McLeansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Garden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Greensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Southmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Cumnock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cumnock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
- Osgood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Colon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Glenwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Green Valley Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wildwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- San-Lee Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
- Sanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Western Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Western Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Teer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Orange Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orange Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Dodsons Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Rangewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rangewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
- Calvander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Calvander is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
- Laurel Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Laurel Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Springs
- Carrboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dogwood Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
- Spring Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Cheeks Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Eubanks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Eubanks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
- Person County
- Hurdle Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Staley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Melanchton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Redcross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Ramseur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coleridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Millboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Cedar Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Worthville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Central Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Randleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- New Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Apex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Dutchess Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Hazelwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Hollemans Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
- Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
- Collins
- Enno
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eli Whitney, see our County-by-County Page for Eli Whitney.
Cemeteries Near Eli Whitney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eli Whitney.
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 Eli Whitney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eli Whitney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Chatham Friends Meeting Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moores Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Center Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Community Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Community Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Community Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Saxapahaw.
- The Salem Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #176187 <2>
- Bethlehem Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Harmon Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emmaus Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Graham Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cheek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Manns Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (95 more) ...
- Tilley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Belmount Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Eli Whitney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eli Whitney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eli Whitney, with the one closest to Eli Whitney listed first.
- Sutphin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Saxapahaw
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Teer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Snow Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Silk Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
- Hawfields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Graham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haw River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bynum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mebane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kimesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Pittsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eli Whitney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eli Whitney.
Newspapers Published in Eli Whitney ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eli Whitney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eli Whitney, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eli Whitney.
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 Eli Whitney:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alamance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Guilford County
- Lee County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Wake 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Eli Whitney) 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 Eli Whitney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |