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 Huntersville (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 Huntersville. 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.
Huntersville is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County: Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Union, Lancaster (SC) & York (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Huntersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Huntersville:
- Mecklenburg County (The home county of Huntersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Cornelius
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Croft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Croft is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Davidson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- River View ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Chateau Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Paw Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Newell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Biddleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
- Charlotte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chantilly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Cannon Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Poplar Tent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Fisher Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Harrisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rimer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Midland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Lake Norman of Catawba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Terrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Killian Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads
- Sherrills Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monbo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Monbo is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo
- Olivers Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Long Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Long Island is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Drums Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Drums Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drums Crossroads
- Bandy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bandy is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandy
- Providence Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence Mill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill
- Maiden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murrays Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murrays Hill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrays Hill
- Catawba
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland County
- Kings Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Lucia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lucia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia
- Mount Holly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Stanley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brown Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Town is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Alexis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alexis is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain
- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
- Lowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McAdenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Cramerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ranlo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Mount Mourne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
- Mayhew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mayhew is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Mooresville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Doolie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Doolie is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie
- Shepherds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shepherds is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds
- Mazeppa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mazeppa is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Ostwalt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ostwalt is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostwalt
- Troutman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Barium Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barium Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barium Springs
- Eufola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Eufola is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eufola
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Statesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Lowesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Westport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Machpelah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Denver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Boger City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Lincolnton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crouse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Vale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Enochville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enochville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville
- Harts ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harts is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Kannapolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- North Kannapolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis
- Corriher Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights
- Landis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Five Forks
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Five Forks is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Mount Ulla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- China Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Poplar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Poplar is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Poplar
- Harris Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel
- Mill Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Bridge is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bridge
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Locust
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stanfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Red Cross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Stallings
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Hemby Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hemby Bridge is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
- Indian Trail
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Park is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
- Marvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marvin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Wesley Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Camp Cox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
- Colonial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Indian Land
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Lake Wylie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tega Cay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fort Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- India Hook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- India Hook is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
- Riverview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Clover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Huntersville, see our County-by-County Page for Huntersville.
Cemeteries Near Huntersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Huntersville.
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 Huntersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Huntersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Huntersville First Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hopewell AME Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beatties Ford Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill MB Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- United House of Prayer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Caldwell Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerpointe Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McCoy Slave Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rural Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- George Elliott Family Slave Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Miranda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jonahville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (154 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Huntersville had a population of 431 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Huntersville had a population of 59,095 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Huntersville, with the one closest to Huntersville listed first.
- Caldwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Cowans Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cowans Ford is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Ford
- Croft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Croft is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Davidson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lucia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lucia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia
- Martindale ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Martindale is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Lowesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Mountain Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Island is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Island
- Derita
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Derita is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derita
- River View ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Paw Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Springsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Springsville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springsville
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Mount Mourne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Huntersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Huntersville.
Newspapers Published in Huntersville ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Huntersville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Huntersville.
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 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 Huntersville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Mecklenburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cabarrus County
- Catawba County
- Cleveland County
- Gaston County
- Iredell County
- Lincoln County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Union County
- Lancaster County
- York 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> | 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 Huntersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Huntersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |