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 Friendship (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 Friendship. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Friendship is located in Stokes 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 Stokes County: Forsyth, Rockingham, Surry, Henry (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Friendship. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Friendship:
- Stokes County (The home county of Friendship)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Neatman
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Quaker Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Germanton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Capella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Mount Olive
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Bailey Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Walnut Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Danbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vade Mecum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Fulp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Gum Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Wallburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Abotts Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Arcadia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Reedy Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Welcome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Currytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Advance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pino
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Bannertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Chestnut Trails
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Rural Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- King
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Creek View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Stanleyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stanleyville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
- Temora Lake Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Temora Lake Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temora Lake Estates
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tobaccoville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- The Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Bethania Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bethania Station is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania Station
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Stokesdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Scalesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Guilford College
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- High Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Spicewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Ellisboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Madison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Mayodan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Matrimony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wentworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- College Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Pilot Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Westfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Albion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Ararat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Holly Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Pine Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Mount Herman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Black Water
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- East Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Richmond Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Huntsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Nebo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Wyo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Yadkinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Courtney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Branon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Carroll County (VA)
- Cana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Horse Pasture
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Preston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Ridgeway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Peters Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Nettleridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Critz
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Patrick Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stuart
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Stella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Ararat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows of Dan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Friendship, see our County-by-County Page for Friendship.
Cemeteries Near Friendship ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Friendship.
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 Friendship - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Friendship covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Tuttle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Browder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bowman Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Browder Family Cemetery
- The Browder Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browder Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46951 <2>
- Stevenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Timmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sizemore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Southern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Capella Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tillotson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (405 more) ...
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carmichael Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Friendship in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Friendship.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Neatman
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Quaker Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Rural Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Walnut Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Tobaccoville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Danbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dalton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Bethania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Pinnacle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Donnaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Alspaugh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Walkertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Friendship. See our List of 1890's Communities around Friendship.
Newspapers Published in Friendship ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendship.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Friendship, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Friendship.
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 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 Friendship:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stokes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Rockingham County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Henry County
- Patrick 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 Friendship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Friendship) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |