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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Flint Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Flint Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Flint Hill, 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 Flint Hill (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 Flint Hill. 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 Flint Hill ...
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: Flinthill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Flint Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flint Hill.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Flint Hill 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 Flint Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flint Hill:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Flint Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Boiling Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Sharon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Brittain Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Earl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Lattimore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Mooresboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Patterson Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Shelby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Camp Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Brindletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Enola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Cooksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Banoak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Plateau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Dellview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Cherryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Tryon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Bessemer City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Gastonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- High Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Ranlo
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Crouse
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Laurel Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Henry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Vale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Vein Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Polk County
- Mill Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Six Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Henrietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Caroleen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Ellenboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Alexander Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Harris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Bostic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Hollis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- East Gaffney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Blacksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gaffney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Chesnee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chester County (SC)
- Cabal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cabal is located in Chester County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Mayo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Brooklyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Converse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Pacolet Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fingerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Central Pacolet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Boiling Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Jonesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kelly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Bailey Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Bonham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bonham is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Smyrna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Hopewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Bowling Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Filbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flint Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Flint Hill.
Cemeteries Near Flint Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flint Hill.
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 Flint Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flint Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cleveland Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McCraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Boiling Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Boiling Springs.
- The Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Camps Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185977 <3>
- Sarratt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sarratt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mikes Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandpit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Christian Fellowship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Faith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- Sharon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jolley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ellis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Flint Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flint Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flint Hill, with the one closest to Flint Hill listed first.
- Nicholsville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Nicholsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Boiling Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Earl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Lattimore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Shelby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Blacksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Ellenboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Grover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Campcall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- New House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flint Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flint Hill.
Newspapers Published in Flint Hill ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flint Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flint Hill, 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 Flint Hill.
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 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 Flint Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Chester County
- Spartanburg County
- Union 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 Flint Hill, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Flint Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |