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 Faith (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 Faith. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Faith is located in Rowan 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 Rowan County: Cabarrus, Davidson, Davie, Iredell, Montgomery & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Faith. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Faith:
- Rowan County (The home county of Faith)
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Granite Quarry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Timbercreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Crescent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Shupings Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- Correll Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Correll Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll Park
- South Salisbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Salisbury is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Salisbury
- Rockwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Corbin Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Hills
- Eastwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eastwood Village is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Village
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Oak Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Red Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Acres is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Acres
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Rimer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Mount Pleasant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fisher Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Tent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Cannon Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Harrisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Lake Norman of Catawba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Monbo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Monbo is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo
- Sherrills Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Terrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Long Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Long Island is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Southmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Linwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tyro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tyro is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Cotton Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Silver Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Sapona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapona
- Denton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Handy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Jefferson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ephesus
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Mocksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Advance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Calahaln
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Bermuda Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pino
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Muddy Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Muddy Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek
- Clemmons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Mazeppa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mazeppa is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Mooresville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shepherds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shepherds is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds
- Mount Mourne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
- Cool Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Ostwalt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ostwalt is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostwalt
- Doolie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Doolie is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Mayhew
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mayhew is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Troutman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Barium Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barium Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barium Springs
- Statesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln County
- Westport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Davidson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cornelius
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Allen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Croft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Croft is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Huntersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- River View ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Spring Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Mint Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Blaine
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Eleazer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Misenheimer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Richfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millingport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- New London
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plyer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Lambert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Albemarle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Locust
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Red Cross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Cedar Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Palmerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Union County
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Faith, see our County-by-County Page for Faith.
Cemeteries Near Faith ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Faith.
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 Faith - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Faith covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Christiana Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wittenberg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dixonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old English Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- China Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salisbury National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salisbury National Cemetery Annex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Union Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Owen Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Lawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Faith had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Faith had a population of 802 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Faith, with the one closest to Faith listed first.
- Granite Quarry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Salisbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- China Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rimer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Pool ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pool is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool
- Craven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Gold Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trading Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
- Mill Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mill Bridge is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bridge
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Miranda ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Miranda is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miranda
- Blackmer ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackmer is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackmer
- Enochville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Enochville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Faith. See our List of 1890's Communities around Faith.
Newspapers Published in Faith ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Faith.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Faith, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Faith.
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 Faith:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rowan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cabarrus County
- Catawba County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Iredell County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Stanly County
- Union 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Faith) 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 Faith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |