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 Oaks (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 Oaks. 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 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 Oaks is located in Guilford 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 Guilford County: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes.
Below are the counties that are near Forest Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Oaks:
- Guilford County (The home county of Forest Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Pleasant Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Climax
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Southmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Julian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Greensboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McLeansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Latham Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- White Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Kirkman Crossroad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Kimesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- The Country
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Glenwood Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Alamance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Deerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Mark View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Random Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Westbrook Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Westbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westbrook is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Westview Terrace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westview Terrace is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Terrace
- Westview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Alamance Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance Acres
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Stony Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Anderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Locust Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Siler City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bennett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Eden ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Thomasville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Wallburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Silver Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Holly Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Horneytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Applegate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Cliffwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Kernersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Christy Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Emorywood Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Beeson Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Bonanza Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Greystone Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- High Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Lakeview Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Teer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Cheeks Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Miles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Orange Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Orange Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Dodsons Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Efland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Redcross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Melanchton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Worthville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Randleman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Market
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Staley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Archdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Central Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Gold Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Wentworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Ellisboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Lawsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Fulp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Pine Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Oaks.
Cemeteries Near Forest Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Oaks.
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 Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Moriah UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Piedmont Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holts Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Midway Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cone Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Liberty.
- The Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713812 <2>
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Green Hall Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Amose Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Oaks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Oaks, with the one closest to Forest Oaks listed first.
- Vandalia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vandalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Climax
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Julian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greensboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Level Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Level Cross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Cross
- McLeansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kimesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Pomona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Freeman Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Grays Chapel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Guilford College
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Jamestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Randleman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Oaks.
Newspapers Published in Forest Oaks ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Oaks, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Oaks.
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 Forest Oaks:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Guilford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Forsyth County
- Orange County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |