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 Haw River (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 Haw River. 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.
Name Variations for Haw River ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Haw River: Haw Riv.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Haw River 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 Haw River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haw River:
- Alamance County (The home county of Haw River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Granite Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Granite Village is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
- Green Level
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Lakeview Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Florence Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carolina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carolina is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Hopedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopedale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Cooper Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Maple Grove Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Acres
- Hawfields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- The Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Farm is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Farm
- Beverly Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beverly Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Stony Creek
(11 miles [17.7 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 north)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Prospect Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Ashland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Locust Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- West Yanceyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Yanceyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Quick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Leasburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Bynum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Fearrington Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Siler City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pittsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- The American Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Rougemont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Durham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bahama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Brassfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Gorman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Gibsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(14 miles [22.5 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Julian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Summit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rudd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Climax
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- White Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Greensboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Lakeview Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Cheeks Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Miles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Efland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Stagecoach Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Carr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Cedar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Teer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- McDade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Cates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Roseville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Timberlake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Hicks Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Mount Tirzah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Roxboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ceffo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Redcross
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Staley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Ramseur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Lawsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ruffin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Wittys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haw River, see our County-by-County Page for Haw River.
Cemeteries Near Haw River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haw River.
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 Haw River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haw River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Linwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Graham Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Northlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belmount Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Harmon Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Salem Community Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Community Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Community Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Saxapahaw.
- The Salem Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #176187 <2>
- Jeffries Cross Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (126 more) ...
- Harmony Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enoch Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alamance Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Haw River had a population of 317 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Haw River had a population of 2,532 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Haw River, with the one closest to Haw River listed first.
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Swepsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Burlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McCray
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Mebane
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Elon College
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saxapahaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Efland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Altamahaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gibsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stony Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haw River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haw River.
Newspapers Published in Haw River ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haw River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haw River, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haw River.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Haw River:
- 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 '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- Haw River) 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 Haw River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |