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 Glenwood (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 Glenwood. 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 and doctors 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.
Glenwood is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County : Cabarrus , Gaston , Iredell , Lincoln , Union , Lancaster (SC) & York (SC) .
Below are the counties that are near Glenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glenwood:
Mecklenburg County (The home county of Glenwood)
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Biddleville (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville Wilmore (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Dalton Village (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village Pinecrest (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest Charlotte (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Greenville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Belmont (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Chantilly (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly Yorkmont (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont Chateau Woods (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods Paw Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek Dixie (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Spring Lake (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Cabarrus County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Harrisburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Cannon Crossroads (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
Cannon Cross Roads Cannon's Crossroads Wallace Cross Roads Wallace Crossroads Poplar Tent (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent Midland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Tulin ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Tulin is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin Concord (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town Bosts Mill ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill Georgeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Mount Pleasant (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Rimer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Rimer is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer Catawba County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Lake Norman of Catawba (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Killian Crossroads (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads Terrell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sherrills Ford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Olivers Crossroads (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads Drums Crossroads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Drums Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drums Crossroads Providence Mill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Providence Mill is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill Cleveland County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Kings Mountain (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
White Plains (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
White Plains is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains Elbethel ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Elbethel is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel Gaston County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Brown Town (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Brown Town is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town Mount Holly (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Belmont (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Catawba ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Catawba is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Woodland ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Woodland is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cramerton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
McAdenville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Lucia (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Lowell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
Begonia ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Begonia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia Smyre (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Smyre is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre Ranlo (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Ranlo is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
Iredell County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Mount Mourne (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne Mayhew (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mayhew is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew Mooresville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Doolie (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Doolie is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie Shepherds (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Shepherds is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Mazeppa (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mazeppa is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Lowesville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Lowesville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville Machpelah (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Machpelah is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah Triangle ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Triangle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Westport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Westport is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Iron Station (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Iron Station is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station Denver (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Boger City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Boger City is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City Lincolnton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Crouse (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Crouse is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Kannapolis (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Enochville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Enochville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville North Kannapolis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis Harts ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Harts is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Corriher Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights Five Points (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Five Points is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Landis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Five Forks (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Five Forks is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks China Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Harris Chapel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel Stanly County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Locust (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Stanfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Red Cross (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Red Cross is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
Lambert (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Lambert is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Oakboro (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Stallings (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Marvin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Marvin is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
Hemby Bridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Hemby Bridge is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
Indian Trail (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
White Oak (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
White Oak is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Lake Park (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
Wesley Chapel (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Fairview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fairview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
Waxhaw (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Mineral Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Unionville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Unionville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
Monroe (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Carmel Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Carmel Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village Chester County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Edgemoor (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Smith (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Smith is located in Chester County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Lancaster County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Camp Cox (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox Colonial Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Indian Land (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Van Wyck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Springdell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Springdell is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell York County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Lake Wylie (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Fort Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Tega Cay (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Riverview (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Riverview is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview India Hook (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
India Hook is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook Bowling Green (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Newport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Newport is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Rock Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Clover (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Lesslie (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Lesslie is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie Roddey (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Roddey is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey Roddey has also been known as:
Coates Tavern Filbert (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Filbert is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert Zadok ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Zadok is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glenwood, see our County-by-County Page for Glenwood .
Cemeteries Near Glenwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenwood.
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 Glenwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Elmwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Charlotte . The Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery has also been known as:
Pinewood Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48436 <2>
Hebrew Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
North Pinewood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Oaklawn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery The Oaklawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Hendrix Family Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48276 <2>
Biddleville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Moores AME Zion Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
York Memorial Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Forest Lawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Mulberry Presbyterian Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Big Spring United Methodist Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Steele Creek AME Zion Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (155 more) ...
Sugar Creek Burying Ground (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Evergreen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Evergreen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Glenwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glenwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glenwood, with the one closest to Glenwood listed first.
Charlotte (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Dixie (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Eastfield (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Eastfield is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastfield Paw Creek (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek Hebron ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Hebron is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Derita (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Derita is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derita Arlington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Arlington is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Martindale ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Martindale is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale Steel Creek ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Steel Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Creek Sardis (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Sardis is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Newell (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Pineville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Continue List (16 more) ...
Kingwood ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Kingwood is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood Croft (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Croft is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft Mount Holly (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenwood .
Newspapers Published in Glenwood ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenwood, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Glenwood.
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 helpful 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 Glenwood:
Websites specific to North Carolina Pages specific to Mecklenburg County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Cabarrus County Catawba County Cleveland County Gaston County Iredell County Lincoln County Rowan County Stanly County Union County Chester County Lancaster County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Mecklenburg County: https://www.mecknc.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Glenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Glenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.