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 Flat Rock (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 Flat Rock. 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.
Name Variations for Flat Rock ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Flatrock.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Flat Rock. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flat Rock.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Flat Rock is located in Vance 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 Vance County: Franklin, Granville, Warren & Mecklenburg (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Flat Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flat Rock:
- Vance County (The home county of Flat Rock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Middleburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Adcock Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Drewry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- South Henderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Gillburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Dabney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Bear Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Bobbitt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Durham County
- Hampton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Alert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Ingleside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Franklinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Katesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Louisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- White Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Mapleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Youngsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wake Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Townsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stovall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Bullock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gela
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Clay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Tar River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Wilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Berea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Wilbourns
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Hester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Hollister
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Littleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Airlie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Brinkleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Castalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lancaster Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aventon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aventon is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Matthews Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Matthews Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Crossroads
- Mays Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Taylors Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Store is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Store
- Edwards Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Hunts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Moriah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Allensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Mount Tirzah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- New Light
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Forestville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Soul City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Manson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Afton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Norlina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warrenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Wise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Lickskillet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Macon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Church Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Vaughan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brunswick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Brodnax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gasburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ankum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Virgilina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Palmer Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Cusco Willa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Shiny Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Bracey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Boydton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Finchley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Clarksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Henrico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Averett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Jeffress
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Marengo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Hagood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Spotsylvania County (VA)
- Brokenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flat Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Flat Rock.
Cemeteries Near Flat Rock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flat Rock.
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 Flat Rock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flat Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Alpha Omega Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blacknall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manson Missionary Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Level UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whites Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- John Penns Grave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (159 more) ...
- Warren Dale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rose Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crews Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Flat Rock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flat Rock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flat Rock, with the one closest to Flat Rock listed first.
- Greystone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greystone is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Brookston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brookston is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
- Middleburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Manson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dabney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Gillburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Townsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Dexter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dexter is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Huntsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Huntsboro is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsboro
- Afton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Watkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Epsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Epsom is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Woodworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodworth is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flat Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flat Rock.
Newspapers Published in Flat Rock ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flat Rock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flat Rock, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flat Rock.
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 Flat Rock:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Vance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Nash County
- Person County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Brunswick County
- Halifax County
- Mecklenburg County
- Spotsylvania 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> | 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 Flat Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Flat Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |