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 Happy Home (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 Happy Home. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Happy Home is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Stokes, Henry (VA) & Pittsylvania (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Happy Home. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Happy Home:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Happy Home)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Draper ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Ruffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- College Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Spray ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Lawsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Wentworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Norwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Belmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Providence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Altamahaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Ossipee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Clover Garden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Union Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Birchwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- British Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- British Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Acres
- Sherwood Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Green Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Lakeview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- McCray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Pleasant Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Carolina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Pelham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Quick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Whitetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Gatewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Ashland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Locust Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- West Yanceyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Yanceyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blanch
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jericho
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Stonewood Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Belews Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Browns Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Scalesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Rudd
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Summerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLeansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stokesdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gibsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Spicewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Sedalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Oak Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orange County
- Carr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Amostown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Pine Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Laprades Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Henry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sydnorsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Sutherlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Delila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Elmo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Sandy Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Irisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Axton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chatmoss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Leatherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Horse Pasture
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Villa Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Collinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Preston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Madison County (VA)
- Beaver Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Stella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Nettleridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Critz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Mount Cross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Ridgecrest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Swansonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Grady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Kentuck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Weal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Worlds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds
- Tightsqueeze
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tightsqueeze is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightsqueeze
- Chatham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Laurel Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Spring Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Happy Home, see our County-by-County Page for Happy Home.
Cemeteries Near Happy Home ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Happy Home.
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 Happy Home - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Happy Home covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Happy Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Slaydon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mayfield MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Berry Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dan View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruffin - Stacey Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mullins - Stacy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Starling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Meadow View UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Happy Home in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Happy Home.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Happy Home, with the one closest to Happy Home listed first.
- Mayfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mayfield is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Oak Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Ruffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Buford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buford is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Spray ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Lawsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Pelham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Vandola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vandola is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandola
- Aiken Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken Summit is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken Summit
- Brosville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brosville is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brosville
- Leaksville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leaksville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
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- Wentworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Blackwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blackwell is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Bachelors Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bachelors Hall is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelors Hall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Happy Home. See our List of 1890's Communities around Happy Home.
Newspapers Published in Happy Home ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Happy Home.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Happy Home, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Happy Home.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Happy Home:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Stokes County
- Danville City
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick County
- Pittsylvania 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 Happy Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Happy Home) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |