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 Garland Acres (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 Garland Acres. 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 doctors and 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.
Garland Acres is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
Below are the counties that are near Garland Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garland Acres:
- Orange County (The home county of Garland Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Oakdale Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oakdale Farms is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Farms
- Dimmocks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dimmocks Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmocks Mill
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rosewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- West Hillsborough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Hillsborough is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hillsborough
- Walnut Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Cove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cove
- Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hillsborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Efland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Blackwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Manor Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manor Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
- Dodsons Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Mebane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Brook Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Woodlawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Hawfields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Florence Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Melville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Saxapahaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Eli Whitney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Cooper Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Anderson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Stony Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Leasburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Yanceyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- West Yanceyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moncure
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Siler City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- The American Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Gorman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Bahama
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rougemont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brassfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Hampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Morrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Butner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Hester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Mount Energy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Berea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Tar River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Gibsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Mount Tirzah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Roseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Moriah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Whitt Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Roxboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Allensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Staley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Dutchess Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Hazelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Apex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- New Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Meredith Townes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Stony Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Woodbury Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- New Light
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Glenwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Method
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garland Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Garland Acres.
Cemeteries Near Garland Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garland Acres.
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 Garland Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garland Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Governor Burke Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cheek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tilley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Partin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <3>
- Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (103 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Eno Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McCauley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Garland Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garland Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garland Acres, with the one closest to Garland Acres listed first.
- Hillsborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Efland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Teer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Mebane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chapel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hawfields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Saxapahaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Haw River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Swepsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Laws
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Prospect Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garland Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garland Acres.
Newspapers Published in Garland Acres ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garland Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garland Acres, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garland Acres.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Garland Acres:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Wake 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garland Acres) 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 Garland Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |