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 Hartman (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 Hartman. 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 doctors and 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.
Hartman is located in Stokes 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 Stokes County: Forsyth, Rockingham, Surry, Henry (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Hartman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartman:
- Stokes County (The home county of Hartman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Danbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Snow Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Lawsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Oak Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Sandy Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Quaker Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Vade Mecum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Walnut Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Amostown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Wallburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Abotts Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Gum Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Bannertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Stonewood Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Chestnut Trails
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Dennis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belews Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Brinkley Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brinkley Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Estates
- Crims Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- King
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Hall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Temora Lake Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Temora Lake Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temora Lake Estates
- Day Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Day Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Acres
- Old Hollow Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Old Hollow Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hollow Estates
- Creek View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Stokesdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scalesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Colfax
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Guilford College
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Browns Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Rudd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Spicewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Pomona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Madison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mayodan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Stoneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Matrimony
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Providence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wittys Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- College Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Eden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Westfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Albion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Pilot Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Herman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Holly Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Ararat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Sheltontown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Flat Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Siloam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pine Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- East Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Richmond Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Mount Pleasant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Nebo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Pike City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Nester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Gladesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Cana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin County (VA)
- Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Horse Pasture
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Preston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Bassett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chatmoss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Stanleytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Irisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Laurel Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Reed Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Sandy Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Nettleridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Critz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Patrick Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Stuart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Ararat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Meadows of Dan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woolwine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Charity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Dodson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Cascade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartman, see our County-by-County Page for Hartman.
Cemeteries Near Hartman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartman.
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 Hartman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Davis Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prestonville Martin - Joyce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martin - Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Southern Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bullin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hard Bank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nelson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Joyce Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rodgers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (436 more) ...
- Mabe Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- George Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vaden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Hartman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartman.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartman, with the one closest to Hartman listed first.
- Danbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Dillard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dillard is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
- Prestonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prestonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonville
- Delta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Delta is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Sandy Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Walnut Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Neatman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Palmetto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Pine Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Beaver Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver Island is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Island
- Madison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nettleridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartman.
Newspapers Published in Hartman ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartman, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartman.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Hartman:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stokes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Rockingham County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Franklin County
- Henry 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> | 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 Hartman, 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 from Point A (ie- Hartman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |