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 Flying Elephant Ranch (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 Flying Elephant Ranch. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Flying Elephant Ranch 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 Flying Elephant Ranch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flying Elephant Ranch:
- Orange County (The home county of Flying Elephant Ranch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Garland Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garland Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Acres
- Walnut Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Cove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cove
- Dimmocks Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dimmocks Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmocks Mill
- Oakdale Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale Farms is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Farms
- Dodsons Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Orange Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Efland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rosewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- West Hillsborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Hillsborough is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hillsborough
- Blackwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Cheeks Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Calvander
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvander is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Brook Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Mebane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Hawfields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Florence Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Melville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Saxapahaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eli Whitney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Cooper Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Swepsonville
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Green Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Anderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Stony Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Leasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yanceyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- West Yanceyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(15 miles [24.1 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Siler City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moncure
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Haywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Bonlee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Goldston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- The American Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Brassfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Gorman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Bahama
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rougemont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Butner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Hester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Mount Energy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Gibsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Julian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Mount Tirzah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Roseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Moriah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- 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)
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Allensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Staley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Hazelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Apex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Indian Trail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- New Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Meredith Townes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Stony Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Glenwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Holly Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Method
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Woodbury Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flying Elephant Ranch, see our County-by-County Page for Flying Elephant Ranch.
Cemeteries Near Flying Elephant Ranch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flying Elephant Ranch.
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 Flying Elephant Ranch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flying Elephant Ranch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cheek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Governor Burke Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tilley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Partin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Community Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Community Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Community Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Saxapahaw.
- The Salem Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #176187 <3>
- Continue List (107 more) ...
- McCauley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <3>
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 Flying Elephant Ranch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flying Elephant Ranch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flying Elephant Ranch, with the one closest to Flying Elephant Ranch listed first.
- Efland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Teer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Blackwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Hillsborough
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Mebane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawfields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Chapel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saxapahaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Swepsonville
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Haw River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Sutphin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Durham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flying Elephant Ranch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flying Elephant Ranch.
Newspapers Published in Flying Elephant Ranch ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flying Elephant Ranch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flying Elephant Ranch, 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 Flying Elephant Ranch.
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 Flying Elephant Ranch:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flying Elephant Ranch) 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 Flying Elephant Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |