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 Gilkey (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 Gilkey. 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.
Gilkey is located in Rutherford 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 Rutherford County: Buncombe, Burke, Cleveland, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Cherokee (SC) & Spartanburg (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Gilkey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gilkey:
- Rutherford County (The home county of Gilkey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Union Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ruth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Green Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Mount Pisgah ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Thermal City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Rutherfordton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Bostic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Ridgecrest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montreat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walkertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walkertown is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Swannanoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Azalea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Swannanoa Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Swannanoa Hills is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swannanoa Hills
- Riceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Arden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Busbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Brindletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Parkhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parkhill is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- Glen Alpine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Linville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Linville is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Calvin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Calvin is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Yellow Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Gap is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Gap
- Camp Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Magnolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Ramsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Catawba County
- Cooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- New House
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Polkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Polkville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Cliffside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Mooresboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Cleveland Mills ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cleveland Mills is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Mills
- Delight
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Delight is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Lattimore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Campcall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Casar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kingstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Boiling Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Bat Cave
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Gerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Baxter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Dana
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Saluda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Upward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Upward is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
- U-No
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- U-No is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for U-No
- East Flat Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barker Heights is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Heights
- Carolina Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Carolina Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Village
- Cumberland Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Laurel Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Vein Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Sugar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Glenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- West Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Patten
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Lackey Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Moffitt Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greenlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Old Fort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell County
- Grassy Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Mill Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Yancey County
- Hamrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Chesnee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Greenville County (SC)
- Gowensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Brooklyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Fingerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Landrum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
- Campobello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gramling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boiling Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Inman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Inman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
- Inman Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
- Valley Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cowpens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gilkey, see our County-by-County Page for Gilkey.
Cemeteries Near Gilkey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gilkey.
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 Gilkey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gilkey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Little White Country Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gilboa Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa Cemetery
- The Gilboa Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gilboa UMC Cemetery
- Baxter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Flack Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Thompson Family Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant CME Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centennial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centennial Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Rutherfordton.
- The Centennial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Centennial UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47080 <2>
- Union Mills Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Miller - Twitty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Francis Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Gilkey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gilkey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gilkey, with the one closest to Gilkey listed first.
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Green Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Mack ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Rutherfordton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Trio ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trio is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
- Vein Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Poplar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Forest City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bostic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Sunshine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sunshine is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sugar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Uree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Uree is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uree
- Golden ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Golden is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gilkey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gilkey.
Newspapers Published in Gilkey ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilkey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gilkey, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gilkey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Gilkey:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rutherford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Cleveland County
- Henderson County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Mitchell County
- Polk County
- Yancey County
- Cherokee County
- Greenville County
- Spartanburg 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 '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- Gilkey) 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 Gilkey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |