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 Glenola (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 Glenola. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Glenola is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Glenola. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glenola:
- Randolph County (The home county of Glenola)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Archdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Market
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Randleman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Central Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Millboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Redcross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Asheboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Franklinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Kimesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- The Country
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Rock Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Alamance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Glenwood Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Mark View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Random Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Westbrook Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Westbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westbrook is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Westview Terrace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westview Terrace is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Terrace
- Alamance Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance Acres
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Siler City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bennett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Eden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Thomasville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abotts Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Silver Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Holly Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Wallburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Gum Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Cedar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Jefferson Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Advance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Horneytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Kernersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Christy Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- High Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Sedge Garden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Sun Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Applegate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Emorywood Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Timber Trails
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Freeman Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Allen Jay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Kirkman Crossroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Sherwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Garden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Climax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Latham Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Pomona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Southmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Forest Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Abner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Asbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Ophir
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Allreds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Moore County
- Jugtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Gold Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Craven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Trading Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Yadkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Stokes County
- Fulp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glenola, see our County-by-County Page for Glenola.
Cemeteries Near Glenola ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenola.
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 Glenola - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glenola covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Harshaw Grove MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina Biblical Gardens of Guilford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Andrews Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- John Wesley Stand Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Randolph Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Memorial Park
- Oakwood Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48279 <2>
- Floral Garden Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holly Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fair Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (137 more) ...
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsontown Methodist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mills Home Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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, Glenola had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glenola, with the one closest to Glenola listed first.
- Progress
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Sophia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Market
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Freeman Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Archdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Level Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Level Cross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Cross
- Randleman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Worthville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Thomasville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Fair Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Light
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Central Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glenola. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenola.
Newspapers Published in Glenola ...
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 Glenola.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenola, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenola.
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 Glenola:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes 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> | 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 Glenola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Glenola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |