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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 Hurdle Mills (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 Hurdle Mills. 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 Hurdle Mills ...
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 Hurdle Mills: Hurdle Mls. (or less commonly used: Hurdle Mlls.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hurdle Mills is located in Person 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 Person County: Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange & Halifax (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Hurdle Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hurdle Mills:
- Person County (The home county of Hurdle Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Allens Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Cates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Whitt Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Mount Tirzah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Hicks Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Moriah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Ceffo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Allensville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Just Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Stagecoach Trail
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Pleasant Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Mebane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Brook Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Green Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Florence Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Hawfields
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- McCray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Union Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Haw River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Ridgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Prospect Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Leasburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Semora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Yanceyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Milton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Stony Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Blanch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Rougemont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Bahama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Gorman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Durham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Parkwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Nelson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Berea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Stem
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Providence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Hester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Wilbourns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Creedmoor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tar River
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Mount Energy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Clay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gela
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Guilford County
- Gibsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Berryland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berryland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Laws
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Caldwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Kindful Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- North Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Springcrest Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Larry Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- Charter Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- Fieldstream
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Green Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Schley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Schley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- Deer Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- McDade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Lawsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Ruffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wake County
- New Light
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Alton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Delila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Mayo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Virgilina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cluster Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Sutherlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Elmo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- South Boston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Omega
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Nelson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Averett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Laurel Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Kentuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hurdle Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Hurdle Mills.
Cemeteries Near Hurdle Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hurdle Mills.
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 Hurdle Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hurdle Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Mt. Zion United Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelers Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flat River Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Person Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Tirzah United Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brookland Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burchwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- David Reid Clayton Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moses Winstead Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cooper Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Mill Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Old Eno Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <3>
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 Hurdle Mills had a population of 33 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hurdle Mills, with the one closest to Hurdle Mills listed first.
- Bushy Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bushy Fork is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Fork
- Laws
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Gordonton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gordonton is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonton
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ai
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ai is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Roseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Rougemont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tirzah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Ridgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Prospect Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Red Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Red Mountain is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Surl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Surl is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surl
- Roxboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Olive Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Olive Hill is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hurdle Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hurdle Mills.
Newspapers Published in Hurdle Mills ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hurdle Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hurdle Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hurdle Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Hurdle Mills:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Person County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Rockingham County
- Wake County
- Danville City
- Halifax County
- Mecklenburg 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hurdle Mills) 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 Hurdle Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |