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 Hills (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 Hills. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hills is located in Stanly 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 Stanly County: Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hills:
- Stanly County (The home county of Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Cedar Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Bloomington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Plyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Albemarle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millingport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Lambert
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Red Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Oakboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New London
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Badin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Locust
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Burnsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Ansonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Sugar Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Polkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Peachland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Wadesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lilesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Midland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rimer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Tent
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Fisher Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Cannon Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
- Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
- Cannon Cross Roads
- Cannon's Crossroads
- Wallace Cross Roads
- Wallace Crossroads
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Complex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Handy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Denton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Southmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Silver Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cotton Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Linwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Allen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Mint Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Matthews
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Wadeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Blaine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Mount Gilead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Ophir
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Abner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Allreds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Biscoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ether
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Candor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Eleazer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Richmond County
- Mangum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Gold Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Morgan Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Rockwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pooletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Crescent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Shupings Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- Craven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Faith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Granite Quarry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kannapolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Unionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
- Marshville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hemby Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hemby Bridge is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
- Wingate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Park is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
- Stallings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Rest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- Allens Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Indian Trail
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carmel Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carmel Village is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Hills.
Cemeteries Near Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hills.
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 Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Old Freedom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barbees Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eudy Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stanly Gardens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Community Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (107 more) ...
- Prospect Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Baucoms Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hills, with the one closest to Hills listed first.
- Bloomington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Plyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Albemarle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Finger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Finger is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
- Cottonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- New London
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Georgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
- Furrs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Furrs is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furrs
- Olive Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Olive Branch is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hills.
Newspapers Published in Hills ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hills, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hills.
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 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 Hills:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stanly County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Davidson County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Union 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |