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 Hillcrest Apts (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 Hillcrest Apts. 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.
Hillcrest Apts is located in Buncombe 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 Buncombe County: Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, Transylvania & Yancey.
Below are the counties that are near Hillcrest Apts. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hillcrest Apts:
- Buncombe County (The home county of Hillcrest Apts)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Asheville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Asheville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Asheville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Asheville
- Emma
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Redwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Redwood Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Woodfin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sayles Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sayles Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayles Village
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Biltmore Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Acton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Azalea
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Enka Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Enka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Morning Star
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Cruso
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Clyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Lake Junaluska
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Teague ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Waynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Fletcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mills River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Naples
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Naples is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Gerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bearwallow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Balfour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Cumberland Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Horse Shoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bat Cave
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Village
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Rollins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Ivy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Marshall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mars Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Trust
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Walnut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Spring Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Foster Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Foster Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
- Stackhouse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Dendron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Old Fort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lackey Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Moffitt Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Greenlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Sugar Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- West Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Mill Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lure
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Penrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Seven Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Brevard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Balsam Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yancey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Murchison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Pensacola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Low Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Hamrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Higgins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Higgins is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Burnsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Celo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Celo is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celo
- Micaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramseytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ramseytown is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown
- Day Book
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Day Book is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book
- Newdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newdale is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Cocke County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Tom Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Wolf Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Unicoi County (TN)
- Flag Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hillcrest Apts, see our County-by-County Page for Hillcrest Apts.
Cemeteries Near Hillcrest Apts ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hillcrest Apts.
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 Hillcrest Apts - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hillcrest Apts covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asheville Cemetery
- City of Asheville Riverside Cemetery
- Violet Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fore - Rutledge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fore - Rutledge Cemetery
- The Fore - Rutledge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fore Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rich Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Academy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Acton UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (481 more) ...
- Sunset Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Hillcrest Apts in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hillcrest Apts.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hillcrest Apts, with the one closest to Hillcrest Apts listed first.
- Murphy Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Murphy Junction is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Junction
- West Asheville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Asheville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Asheville
- Asheville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Emma
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Grace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grace is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Biltmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Biltmore is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Acton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Buena Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Azalea
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Juno
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Juno is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Riceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riceville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Candler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skyland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Busbee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hillcrest Apts. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hillcrest Apts.
Newspapers Published in Hillcrest Apts ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hillcrest Apts.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hillcrest Apts, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hillcrest Apts.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hillcrest Apts:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Buncombe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Transylvania County
- Yancey County
- Cocke County
- Unicoi 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 Hillcrest Apts, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hillcrest Apts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |