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 Hightowers (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 Hightowers. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Hightowers is located in Caswell 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 Caswell County: Alamance, Orange, Person, Rockingham, Danville City (VA), Halifax (VA) & Pittsylvania (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Hightowers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hightowers:
- Caswell County (The home county of Hightowers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Ridgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Leasburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Yanceyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- West Yanceyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Stony Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Locust Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Blanch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Estelle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Semora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Just Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Pleasant Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Union Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- McCray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Green Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Stagecoach Trail
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Woodlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Clover Garden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Lakeview Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Lakeview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Carolina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carolina is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Glencoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glencoe is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Rougemont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Bahama
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Berea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Wilbourns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Stem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Butner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Gibsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitsett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLeansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Browns Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rudd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Carr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Laws
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- McDade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Cedar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Green Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Kindful Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Deer Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Larry Hall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- Arrowhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Berryland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berryland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- Walkers Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Allens Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Whitt Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Hicks Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Cates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Ceffo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Roxboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Timberlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Tirzah
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Allensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Ruffin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Reidsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Draper ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Wentworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Meadow Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- College Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Delila
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Sutherlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Alton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Elmo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Mayo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Cluster Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Jones
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jones is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Virgilina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County (VA)
- Beaver Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Kentuck
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Laurel Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Ridgecrest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Mount Cross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Hightowers, see our County-by-County Page for Hightowers.
Cemeteries Near Hightowers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hightowers.
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 Hightowers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hightowers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Griers Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Griers Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Church of Jesus Christ of LDS Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salem Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wheelers Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Enoch Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jeffries Cross Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clement Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Hope UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rock Fence Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Fence Church Cemetery
- The Rock Fence Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stoney Creek AME Church Cemetery
- Continue List (173 more) ...
- Mill Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leath-Kernodle-Hornbuckle Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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 Hightowers had a population of 36 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hightowers, with the one closest to Hightowers listed first.
- Ridgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Corbett
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Corbett is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
- Prospect Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Leasburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gordonton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gordonton is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonton
- Yanceyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bushy Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bushy Fork is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Fork
- Hamer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hamer is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamer
- Laws
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Osmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Osmond is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osmond
- Stony Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Cedar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hurdle Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Locust Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hightowers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hightowers.
Newspapers Published in Hightowers ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hightowers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hightowers, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hightowers.
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 Hightowers:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Caswell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Rockingham County
- Danville City
- Halifax County
- Madison 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hightowers) 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 Hightowers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |