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 Forest Hills (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 Forest Hills. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Forest Hills is located in Transylvania 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 Transylvania County: Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Greenville (SC), Oconee (SC) & Pickens (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Forest Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Hills:
- Transylvania County (The home county of Forest Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Brevard
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pisgah Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Penrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Rosman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Balsam Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Toxaway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Sapphire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Avery Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Glady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glady is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glady
- Bent Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Arden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Candler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Enka Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Busbee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Skyland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enka
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Acton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Biltmore Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Shiloh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Cruso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Morning Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- West Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Clyde
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Junaluska
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maggie Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Etowah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Horse Shoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Laurel Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Valley Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Mills River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
- Hendersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Balfour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Argura
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Argura is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argura
- Cashiers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tuckasegee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Laport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Laport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laport
- Balsam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby City
- Cullowhee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Erastus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Erastus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- Forest Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Forest Hills has also been known as:
- Forest Hills village
- Village of Forest Hills
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Hills <1>
- Addie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Addie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Highlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Macon County
- Ellijay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ellijay is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellijay
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Melrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Lynn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Caesars Head
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Cleveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Slater
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Tigerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Travelers Rest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Berea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Gowensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- O'Neal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Sans Souci
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sans Souci is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- City View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- City View is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tamassee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Rocky Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Knob ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Sunset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Nine Times
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Dacusville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Pickens
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Arial
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Arial is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
- Easley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Six Mile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- Landrum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Hills.
Cemeteries Near Forest Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Hills.
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 Forest Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evergreen Gillespie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glazener Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Round Top Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Davidson River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Brevard.
- The Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pisgah Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48444 <3>
- Pisgah Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (339 more) ...
- McGaha Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Orr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Osborne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Forest Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
- Brevard
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Davidson River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davidson River is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson River
- Cherryfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherryfield is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- East Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Penrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Balsam Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Caesars Head
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Bowman Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Bluff is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Bluff
- Wattacoo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wattacoo is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattacoo
- Riverview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Horse Shoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cruso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Wolf Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wolf Mountain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Mountain
- Knob ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Hills.
Newspapers Published in Forest Hills ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Hills, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Hills.
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 Forest Hills:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Transylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Jackson County
- Macon County
- Polk County
- Greenville County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Spartanburg 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Hills) 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 Forest Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |