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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Fancy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fancy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fancy, 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 Fancy (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 Fancy. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Fancy 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 Fancy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fancy:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Fancy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Stony Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Stubbs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Light Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- White Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Kings Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Wilson ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Briarwood Townhouses
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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 Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Camp Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Hildebran
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Enola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Icard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yellow Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Gap is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Gap
- Connelly Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Banoak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Plateau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Cooksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Blackburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Blackburn is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Maiden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Mill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill
- Propst Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Propst Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propst Crossroads
- Rhoney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rhoney is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoney
- Duan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Duan is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan
- Advent Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
- Startown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Startown is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown
- Olivers Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Perry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Cherryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tryon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Dellview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Bessemer City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dallas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gastonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- High Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 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
- South Gastonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Ranlo
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Spencer Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain
- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Crouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Lincolnton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hulls Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Vale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Boger City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Iron Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Henry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Laurel Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Machpelah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Lowesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Dixie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Paw Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Chateau Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Dalton Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village
- Pinecrest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- River View ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- River View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Huntersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Yorkmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont
- Biddleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
- Wilmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Cornelius
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Hollis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Ellenboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Six Points
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Caroleen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Henrietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Washburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Bostic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sandy Mush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Sunshine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Alexander Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Forest City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Blacksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Chesnee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Cowpens
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Mayo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Bowling Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Smyrna
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Filbert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Hickory Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- York
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Wylie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Blairsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Newport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Fancy, see our County-by-County Page for Fancy.
Cemeteries Near Fancy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fancy.
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 Fancy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fancy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Hullender Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Capernaum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- El Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Street Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Christian Freedom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westview Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Ross Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Side Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Webb Memorial Lawns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.
Fancy 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 Fancy, with the one closest to Fancy listed first.
- Perry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Stubbs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Cherryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kings Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Bessemer City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beam Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beam Mill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beam Mill
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fallston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Double Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Double Shoals is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Shoals
- Sharon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fancy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fancy.
Newspapers Published in Fancy ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fancy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fancy, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fancy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Fancy:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Spartanburg 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 Fancy, 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- Fancy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |