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 Indian Lake Estates (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 Indian Lake Estates. 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 Indian Lake Estates ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Indian Lake Estates: Indian Lk. Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Indian Lake Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Indian Lake Estates.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Indian Lake Estates is located in Transylvania 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 Transylvania County: Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Greenville (SC), Oconee (SC) & Pickens (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Indian Lake Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Indian Lake Estates:
- Transylvania County (The home county of Indian Lake Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Lake Toxaway
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Sapphire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Balsam Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Brevard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Cedar Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Penrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Glady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glady is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glady
- Avery Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Candler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Cruso
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Hazelwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Waynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lake Junaluska
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Morning Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Maggie Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Etowah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Horse Shoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Laurel Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mills River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Valley Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Willow Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
- Timberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Barker Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barker Heights is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Heights
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Claremont is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Balfour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Argura
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Argura is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argura
- Cashiers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tuckasegee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erastus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Erastus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- East Laport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Laport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laport
- Highlands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cullowhee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Forest Hills has also been known as:
- Forest Hills village
- Village of Forest Hills
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Hills <1>
- Ruby City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby City
- Balsam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Webster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Addie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Addie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Ellijay
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ellijay is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellijay
- Lickskillet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lickskillet is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Scaly Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Leatherman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Leatherman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherman
- Otto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Orlando
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orlando is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Swain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Unahala
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Unahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unahala
- Cherokee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rabun County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Sky Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Rabun County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Dillard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Caesars Head
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Cleveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marietta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Slater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tamassee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mountain Rest
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Walhalla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Rocky Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Sunset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nine Times
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Knob ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Crow Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Pickens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Six Mile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dacusville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Arial
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arial is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
- Norris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Easley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Indian Lake Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Indian Lake Estates.
Cemeteries Near Indian Lake Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Lake Estates.
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 Indian Lake Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Indian Lake Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Zachary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Zachary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gillespie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sols Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cathey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mathis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Norton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (361 more) ...
- Rocky Bottom Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Broom Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smook Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Indian Lake Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Indian Lake Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Indian Lake Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lake Estates listed first.
- Wolf Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Mountain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Mountain
- Balsam Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherryfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cherryfield is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- Cashiers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Big Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Big Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Ridge
- Glenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jocassee ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jocassee is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jocassee
- Nimmons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nimmons is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Rich Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Mountain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Mountain
- Brevard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckasegee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cowarts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cowarts is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowarts
- Eastatoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eastatoe is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastatoe
- Davidson River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Davidson River is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Indian Lake Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Indian Lake Estates.
Newspapers Published in Indian Lake Estates ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Indian Lake Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Lake Estates, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Indian Lake Estates.
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 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 Indian Lake Estates:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Transylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Jackson County
- Macon County
- Swain County
- Rabun County
- Greenville County
- Oconee County
- Pickens 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 Indian Lake Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Indian Lake Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |