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 Falls of New Hope (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 Falls of New Hope. 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.
Falls of New Hope is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
Below are the counties that are near Falls of New Hope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Falls of New Hope:
- Orange County (The home county of Falls of New Hope)
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- University Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- University Acres is located in Orange County
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- New Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Stoneridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stoneridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneridge
- Blackwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Walnut Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Walnut Cove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cove
- University
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- University is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Eubanks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eubanks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
- Northwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Northwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Manor Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Manor Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
- Brigadoon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brigadoon is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon
- Eno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eno is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eno
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Carolwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carolwoods is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolwoods
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Mebane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Brook Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Hawfields
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Woodlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Florence Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Eli Whitney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Mandale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Melville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Saxapahaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Cooper Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Stony Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Leasburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Moncure
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Siler City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brickhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- The American Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Gorman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Brassfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Bahama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rougemont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Franklin County
- Wake Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Butner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Mount Energy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Hester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Berea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Tar River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Wilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Gibsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Tirzah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Allens Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Moriah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Roseville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Whitt Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Hicks Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Allensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Ceffo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Staley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Dutchess Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Hazelwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Apex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Pickwick Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- New Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meredith Townes
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Woodbury Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- New Light
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Stony Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Glenwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Method
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Fairmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmont is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Falls of New Hope, see our County-by-County Page for Falls of New Hope.
Cemeteries Near Falls of New Hope ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Falls of New Hope.
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 Falls of New Hope - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Falls of New Hope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Partin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Governor Burke Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cheek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunagan Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCauley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (107 more) ...
- Maplewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Latta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Falls of New Hope in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Falls of New Hope.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Falls of New Hope, with the one closest to Falls of New Hope listed first.
- Blackwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Hillsborough
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Efland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Teer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Durham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Cedar Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Mebane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brassfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Fairntosh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairntosh is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairntosh
- Hawfields
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Nelson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Saxapahaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bahama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Falls of New Hope. See our List of 1890's Communities around Falls of New Hope.
Newspapers Published in Falls of New Hope ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Falls of New Hope.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Falls of New Hope, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Falls of New Hope.
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 helpful 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 Falls of New Hope:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Guilford 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> | 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- Falls of New Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Falls of New Hope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |