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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 Forbush (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 Forbush. 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 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.

Forbush is located in Yadkin 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 Yadkin County: Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry & Wilkes.

Below are the counties that are near Forbush. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forbush:

  • Yadkin County     (The home county of Forbush)
  • Alleghany County
  • Davidson County
  • Davie County
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forbush, with the one closest to Forbush listed first.
    • Donnaha
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
    • Heritage Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
    • Dozier
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Dozier is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
    • Hunters Trace
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
    • River Ridge Run
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
    • Sherwood Forest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
    • Cinnamon Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
    • Grapewood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
    • Dorchester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • The Meadows
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Eaglewood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
    • Lewisville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Iredell County
  • Rowan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forbush, with the one closest to Forbush listed first.
    • Pittsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
    • Needmore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Needmore is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Mount Vernon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Woodleaf
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Stokes County
  • Surry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forbush, with the one closest to Forbush listed first.
    • Siloam
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Siloam is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Shoals
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Boyden ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Boyden is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
    • Stony Knoll
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Copeland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairview is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Rusk ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rusk is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Ararat
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Black Water
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forbush, with the one closest to Forbush listed first.
    • Pleasant Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Clingman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • New Castle ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
    • Ronda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
    • Roaring River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
    • Lomax
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Zimmerman ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Traphill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Zebra ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Zebra is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
    • Hays
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Moxley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Carroll County (VA)
  • Patrick County (VA)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forbush, see our County-by-County Page for Forbush.

Cemeteries Near Forbush ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forbush.

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 Forbush - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forbush covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forbush, with the one closest to Forbush listed first.

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Forbush had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Forbush, with the one closest to Forbush listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forbush. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forbush.

Newspapers Published in Forbush ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forbush.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forbush, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forbush.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Forbush:

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>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 Forbush, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forbush) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.