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 Glen Raven (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 Glen Raven. 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.
Glen Raven is located in Alamance 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 Alamance County: Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Glen Raven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glen Raven:
- Alamance County (The home county of Glen Raven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Sherwood Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Rockwood Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Acres
- Birchwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- British Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- British Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Acres
- Sunset Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
- Wedgewood West
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wedgewood West is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood West
- Central Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Central Heights is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Heights
- Turrentine Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Turrentine Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turrentine Estates
- Burlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Country Club Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Country Club Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Estates
- Alamance Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alamance Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance Acres
- Country Club Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Stony Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Locust Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Prospect Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Quick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- West Yanceyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Ridgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Yanceyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Leasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Siler City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bynum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Fearrington Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Durham County
- The American Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Gibsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(8 miles [12.9 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Browns Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Rudd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Cumberland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- White Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Julian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greensboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spicewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Climax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Lakeview Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Cheeks Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Miles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Carr
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Jordan Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Cedar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Efland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McDade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Stagecoach Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Teer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- Orange Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Cates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Melanchton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Redcross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Staley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Millboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Randleman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Ramseur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Franklinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Reidsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Belmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ruffin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Wentworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- College Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Gold Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Draper ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Meadow Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glen Raven, see our County-by-County Page for Glen Raven.
Cemeteries Near Glen Raven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glen Raven.
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 Glen Raven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glen Raven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Magnolia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alamance Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Friedens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belmount Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Graham Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shiloh UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (130 more) ...
- Mt. Harmon Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Underwood - Boswell Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rock Fence Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Fence Church Cemetery
- The Rock Fence Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stoney Creek AME Church Cemetery
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 Glen Raven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glen Raven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glen Raven, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Elon College
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Altamahaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haw River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McCray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Union Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Swepsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Rock Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Hawfields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Stony Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- McLeansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kimesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Mebane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glen Raven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glen Raven.
Newspapers Published in Glen Raven ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen Raven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glen Raven, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glen Raven.
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 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 Glen Raven:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alamance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham 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 '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- Glen Raven) 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 Glen Raven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |