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 Holly Springs (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 Holly Springs. 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 Holly Springs ...
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 Holly Springs: Holly Spgs. (or less commonly used: Holly Spngs. or Holly Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Holly Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holly Springs.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Holly Springs is located in Rutherford 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 Rutherford County: Buncombe, Burke, Cleveland, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Cherokee (SC) & Spartanburg (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Holly Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holly Springs:
- Rutherford County (The home county of Holly Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Harris
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Alexander Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Sandy Mush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Caroleen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Henrietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Bakersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Rutherfordton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bostic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Brindletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Camp Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Cliffside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Mooresboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Boiling Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Lattimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- New House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Sharon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Kingstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Campcall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Polkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Polkville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Dellview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Cherryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Saluda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bat Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Dana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dana is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Bearwallow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Upward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Upward is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
- Zirconia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Claremont is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- East Flat Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tuxedo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- U-No
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- U-No is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for U-No
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Laurel Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Vein Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Sugar Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Glenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Patten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- West Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Lackey Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Moffitt Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greenlee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Old Fort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Mill Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lynn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Melrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Chesnee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Gaffney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Gaffney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Blacksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kings Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Gowensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- O'Neal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Greer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greer is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <1>
- Tigerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Chick Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chick Springs is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Fingerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Boiling Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Valley Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Campobello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Landrum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
- Cowpens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <1>
- Gramling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
- Converse
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Inman Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holly Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Holly Springs.
Cemeteries Near Holly Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holly Springs.
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 Holly Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holly Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Harris Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sulphur Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wesley Chapel Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wesley Chapel Memorial Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Harris.
- The Wesley Chapel Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harris - Miller Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276701 <2>
- Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs Holiness Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tanners Grove United Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riverside Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- County Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trout Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Kistlers Chapel UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poors Ford Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thorne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Holly Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holly Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Sandy Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Henrietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rutherfordton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bostic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fingerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Ellenboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mack ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mack is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Collinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Collinsville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Washburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Prospect is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Boiling Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holly Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holly Springs.
Newspapers Published in Holly Springs ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holly Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holly Springs, 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 Holly Springs.
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 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 Holly Springs:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rutherford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Cleveland County
- Gaston County
- Henderson County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Cherokee County
- Greenville County
- Spartanburg 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 Holly Springs, 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- Holly Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |