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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 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Friendship 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 Friendship. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Friendship:

  • Yadkin County     (The home county of Friendship)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Richmond Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
    • Forbush
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Forbush is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
    • East Bend
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Union Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Nebo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Nebo is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Boonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Yadkinville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
    • Branon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Branon is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
    • Courtney
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Courtney is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
    • Wyo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Wyo is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
    • Rena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Rena is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
  • Alleghany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Roaring Gap
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Edmonds
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
    • Glade Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hooker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hooker is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Davidson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Arcadia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Arcadia is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Reedy Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
    • Gum Tree
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
    • Midway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Midway is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
    • Wallburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Currytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Currytown is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
    • Bethany ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bethany is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Welcome
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Davie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Pino
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Pino is located in Davie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
    • Bermuda Run
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Advance
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Calahaln
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Calahaln is located in Davie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
    • Mocksville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Ephesus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Ephesus is located in Davie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Donnaha
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
    • Heritage Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
    • The Meadows
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
    • Tobaccoville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Dozier
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dozier is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
    • Oak Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Park is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
    • River Ridge Run
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
    • King
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • King is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,912 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King <1>
    • Hunters Trace
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
    • Sherwood Forest
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
    • Cinnamon Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
    • Dorchester
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Grapewood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
  • Iredell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Houstonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Houstonville is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
    • Union Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Harmony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Olin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Olin is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
    • New Hope ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Hope is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Turnersburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
    • Cool Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
    • Love Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stokes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Pinnacle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Flat Rock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Mount Olive
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Capella
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Capella is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
    • Quaker Gap
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
    • Neatman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Neatman is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
    • Vade Mecum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
    • Germanton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Danbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadows
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Meadows is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
    • Bailey Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
    • Fulp
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Fulp is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
    • Walnut Cove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Surry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Siloam
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Siloam is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Shoals
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Shoals is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
    • Boyden ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Boyden is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
    • Rockford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rockford is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
    • Pine Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Pine Hill is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
    • Stony Knoll
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
    • Copeland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Copeland is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
    • Ararat
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Black Water
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Black Water is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
    • Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
    • Pilot Mountain
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairview is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Rusk ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Rusk is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship 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
    • New Castle ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
    • Clingman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Clingman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
    • Ronda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
    • Lomax
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Lomax is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
    • Roaring River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
    • Traphill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Zimmerman ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Zebra ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 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)
      • Moxley is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
  • Carroll County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Cana
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Lambsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Drenn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
    • Fancy Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Gladesboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
    • Nester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
    • Pipers Gap
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
  • Grayson County (VA)
    • Low Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
  • Patrick County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Ararat
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Carters Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
    • Peters Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
    • Stuart
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stuart is located in Patrick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,261 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuart <1>

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.

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.

  • Siloam
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Siloam is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
  • Richmond Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
  • Poindexter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
  • Shoals
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Shoals is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
  • Forbush
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Forbush is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
  • East Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Boyden ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Boyden is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
  • Rockford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rockford is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
  • Donnaha
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
  • Copeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Copeland is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
  • Boonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pinnacle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Ash Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Ash Hill is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Hill
    • Crutchfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Crutchfield is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crutchfield
    • Dalton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Dalton is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton

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 16 miles [25.7 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:

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' 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'.