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 Foushee (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 Foushee. 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.
Foushee is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Stokes, Henry (VA) & Pittsylvania (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Foushee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foushee:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Foushee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Reidsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Lawsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Wentworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Wittys Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Ruffin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- College Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Draper ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Eden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Meadow Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Gold Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Altamahaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Ossipee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Clover Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Birchwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- British Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- British Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Acres
- Elon College
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Glen Raven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Raven is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Raven
- Green Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Lakeview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Sherwood Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Ashland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Quick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Locust Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Stony Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Jericho
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- West Yanceyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Pelham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Yanceyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whitetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Gatewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Belews Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Pine Knolls
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Stonewood Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Bonanza Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Crims Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Applegate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Emorywood Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Greystone Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Kynwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- Smokerise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Smokerise is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokerise
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Browns Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rudd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Scalesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- McLeansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spicewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Gibsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Sedalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Whitsett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Summerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Fairfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Carr
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Lakeview Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- McDade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Miles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Cedar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cheeks Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Walkers Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Jordan Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Arrowhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Deer Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Green Pines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Efland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Redcross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Melanchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Pine Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amostown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Bailey Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Fulp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sandy Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Oak Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Sandy Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Ridgeway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Irisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Axton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Horse Pasture
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Madison County (VA)
- Beaver Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Cascade
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Mount Cross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Ridgecrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foushee, see our County-by-County Page for Foushee.
Cemeteries Near Foushee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foushee.
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 Foushee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Foushee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burton Memorial MB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Reidlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pearson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Settle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reid Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- High Rock MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsonville Road Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Phibbs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- Wolf Island Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Palmer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Midway UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Foushee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Foushee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Foushee, with the one closest to Foushee listed first.
- Benaja
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benaja is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benaja
- Reidsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Monroeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Monroeton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeton
- Lenox Castle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Browns Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Lawsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Wentworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Cherry Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Scalesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Altamahaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Pleasantville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- McLeansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Locust Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foushee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foushee.
Newspapers Published in Foushee ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foushee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foushee, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foushee.
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 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 Foushee:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Randolph County
- Stokes County
- Danville City
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Martinsville City
- Pittsylvania 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> | 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 Foushee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Foushee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |