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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Erwinsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Erwinsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Erwinsville, 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 Erwinsville (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 Erwinsville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Erwinsville 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 Erwinsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Erwinsville:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Erwinsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Sharon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Earl
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Boiling Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brittain Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Patterson Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Village Square Townhouses
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Briarwood Townhouses
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Camp Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(28 miles [45.1 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 Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Cooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Banoak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Dellview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Cherryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bessemer City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tryon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- South Gastonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Gastonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dallas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- High Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Ranlo
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Crouse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Laurel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Lincolnton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- McDowell County
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Six Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Caroleen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Henrietta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Ellenboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Harris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Alexander Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Holly Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Bostic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- East Gaffney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blacksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Kings Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chesnee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chester County (SC)
- Cabal
(27 miles [43.5 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 Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Mayo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens
(15 miles [24.1 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>
- Brooklyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Converse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pacolet Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Central Pacolet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pacolet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Drayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fingerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Union County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Jonesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kelly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Bailey Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Bonham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bonham is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
- Lockhart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Smyrna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Hopewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Clover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Filbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowling Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blairsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Erwinsville, see our County-by-County Page for Erwinsville.
Cemeteries Near Erwinsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erwinsville.
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 Erwinsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Erwinsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Christian Fellowship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sarratt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sarratt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sandpit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mikes Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Faith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McCraw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huskins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sarratt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (367 more) ...
- Buffalo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Boiling Springs.
- The Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Camps Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185977 <3>
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.
Erwinsville 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 Erwinsville, with the one closest to Erwinsville listed first.
- Nicholsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Sharon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Earl
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Boiling Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blacksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Grover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Henrietta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Kings Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Ellenboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stubbs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Erwinsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Erwinsville.
Newspapers Published in Erwinsville ...
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 Erwinsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Erwinsville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Erwinsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Erwinsville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell 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 Erwinsville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Erwinsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |