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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 Glady (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 Glady. 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 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.

Glady is located in Buncombe 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 Buncombe County: Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, Transylvania & Yancey.

Below are the counties that are near Glady. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glady:

  • Buncombe County     (The home county of Glady)
  • Haywood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glady, with the one closest to Glady listed first.
    • Morning Star
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Canton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cruso
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • West Canton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bethel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Bethel is located in Haywood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Sonoma ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Sonoma is located in Haywood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
    • Clyde
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lavinia ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lavinia is located in Haywood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
    • Lake Junaluska
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Waynesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Hazelwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
    • Teague ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Teague is located in Haywood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
    • Maggie Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glady, with the one closest to Glady listed first.
    • Mills River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fletcher
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Holly Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Horse Shoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Etowah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Naples
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Naples is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
    • Mountain Home
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sky Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sky Village is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
    • Balfour
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Balfour is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
    • Cumberland Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
    • Laurel Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinehurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinehurst is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
    • Timberland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Timberland is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
  • Jackson County
  • Madison County
  • McDowell County
    • Dendron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dendron is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
  • Polk County
    • Melrose
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Melrose is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Rutherford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glady, with the one closest to Glady listed first.
    • Village of Chimney Rock Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
      • Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
    • Chimney Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Lake Lure
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Transylvania County
  • Greenville County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glady, with the one closest to Glady listed first.
    • Caesars Head
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Merrittsville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
  • Cocke County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glady, with the one closest to Glady listed first.
    • Tom Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
    • Naillon ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Naillon is located in Cocke County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
    • Nough
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glady, see our County-by-County Page for Glady.

Cemeteries Near Glady ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glady.

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 Glady - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glady covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glady, with the one closest to Glady 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Glady had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Glady, with the one closest to Glady listed first.

  • Luther
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Luther is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
  • Candler
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Turnpike
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Turnpike is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
  • Springdale ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Springdale is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Newfound
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Acton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cruso
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sulphur Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Avery Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
  • Sonoma ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sonoma is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
  • West Asheville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Emma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Retreat
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Retreat is located in Haywood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
    • Murphy Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Murphy Junction is located in Buncombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Junction
    • Juno
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Juno is located in Buncombe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glady. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glady.

Newspapers Published in Glady ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glady.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glady, 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 Glady.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Glady:

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 Glady, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glady) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.