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 Fairfield Plantation (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 Fairfield Plantation. 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 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.
Fairfield Plantation is located in Union 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 Union County: Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Stanly, Chesterfield (SC) & Lancaster (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Fairfield Plantation. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairfield Plantation:
- Union County (The home county of Fairfield Plantation)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Hemby Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hemby Bridge is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
- Stallings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Park is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
- Indian Trail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
- Wesley Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Carmel Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carmel Village is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Mineral Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Burnsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Peachland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Polkton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Sugar Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Mineral Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Roper ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Ansonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Midland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cannon Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
- Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
- Cannon Cross Roads
- Cannon's Crossroads
- Wallace Cross Roads
- Wallace Crossroads
- Poplar Tent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Fisher Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Rimer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Brown Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brown Town is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Mount Holly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Catawba ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Cramerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Woodland ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- McAdenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lucia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lucia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ranlo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Smyre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Iredell County
- Mount Mourne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
- Lincoln County
- Lowesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Mint Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Matthews
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Allen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Providence ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Weddington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chantilly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
- Newell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlotte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Biddleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Pineville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Kannapolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Kannapolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis
- Enochville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Enochville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville
- Landis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Corriher Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights
- Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Shupings Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- China Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Five Forks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Harts ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harts is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Stanfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Locust
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Red Cross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Lambert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Bloomington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Millingport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Plyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Cedar Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Albemarle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Misenheimer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Chesterfield County (SC)
- Pageland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Colonial Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Indian Land
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Cox
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
- Van Wyck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Springdell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springdell is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell
- Camp Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Caskey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caskey is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
- Lancaster Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Fort Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- India Hook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- India Hook is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
- Lake Wylie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tega Cay
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lesslie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lesslie is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
- Roddey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roddey is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
- Roddey has also been known as:
- Coates Tavern
- Rock Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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 Fairfield Plantation, see our County-by-County Page for Fairfield Plantation.
Cemeteries Near Fairfield Plantation ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairfield Plantation.
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 Fairfield Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairfield Plantation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Ritch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- The Rice Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hartt Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bentons Crossroads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Logan Chapel CME Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ira V. Ferguson Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Presson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (141 more) ...
- Charlotte Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Secrest Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Fairfield Plantation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairfield Plantation.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairfield Plantation, with the one closest to Fairfield Plantation listed first.
- Hoods ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hoods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods
- Mint Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Trail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burdett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Matthews
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stouts
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stouts is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts
- Kingwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingwood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
- Pioneer Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Mills is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mills
- Sardis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sardis is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eastfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eastfield is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastfield
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Furrs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Furrs is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furrs
- Newell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Monteith ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Monteith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairfield Plantation. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairfield Plantation.
Newspapers Published in Fairfield Plantation ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairfield Plantation.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairfield Plantation, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairfield Plantation.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Fairfield Plantation:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Gaston County
- Iredell County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Chesterfield County
- Lancaster County
- York 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> | 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 Fairfield Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fairfield Plantation) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |