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 Glade Valley (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 Glade Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Glade Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Glade Valley: Glade Vly. (or less commonly used: Glade Vally. or Glade Vlly.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Glade Valley is located in Alleghany 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 Alleghany County: Ashe, Surry, Wilkes & Grayson (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Glade Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glade Valley:
- Alleghany County (The home county of Glade Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Hooker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Sparta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ennice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roaring Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Amelia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Laurel Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Piney Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Scottville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Topia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Transou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Weavers Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Crumpler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grassy Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wagoner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Glendale Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Obids
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Orion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Helton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brandon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Devotion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Thurmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Round Peak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- State Road
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Elkin Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Mulberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Elkin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dobson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Red Brush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Watauga County
- Stony Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Abshers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Traphill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moxley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Dehart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Lomax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- McGrady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Hays
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Mulberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Roaring River
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jonesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Rena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Boonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Marler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Nebo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Branon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Hamptonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Pipers Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Lambsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Woodlawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Fancy Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sheep Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Hillsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Gladesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Baywood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Low Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Fries
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Rugby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Trout Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smyth County (VA)
- Sugar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Wythe County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Speedwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Ivanhoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rowe Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Austinville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crockett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Siloam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glade Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Glade Valley.
Cemeteries Near Glade Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glade Valley.
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 Glade Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glade Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Glade Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Laurel Glenn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cherry Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sparta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Higgins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (552 more) ...
- Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crab Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Haven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Glade Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glade Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glade Valley, with the one closest to Glade Valley listed first.
- Cherry Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Hooker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Edwards Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Sparta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whitehead is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead
- Ennice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joynes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Joynes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joynes
- Devotion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Traphill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Edmonds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Peach Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
- Amelia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Low Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Dockery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dockery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glade Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glade Valley.
Newspapers Published in Glade Valley ...
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 Glade Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glade Valley, 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 Glade Valley.
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 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 Glade Valley:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alleghany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashe County
- Surry County
- Watauga County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Smyth County
- Wythe 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> | 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 Glade Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Glade Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |