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 Isenhour (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 Isenhour. 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 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.
Isenhour 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 Isenhour. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Isenhour:
- Stanly County (The home county of Isenhour)
- The following are listed by their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Palmerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Badin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Richfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Albemarle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Misenheimer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Plyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Cedar Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Millingport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Lambert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Norwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Cross
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Burnsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Ansonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Sugar Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Polkton
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rimer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Midland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fisher Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Poplar Tent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Handy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Complex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Denton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Southmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Silver Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Silver Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Cotton Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Linwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Holly Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sapona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapona
- Davie County
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Mecklenburg County
- Allen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Blaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Abner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Wadeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Mount Gilead
(18 miles [29 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
- Allreds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Asbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Biscoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Dover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jugtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Eagle Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Eleazer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Seagrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Michfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Yow Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Asheboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Central Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond County
- Mangum
(24 miles [38.6 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 Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Gold Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Craven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Rockwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Timbercreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Faith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Granite Quarry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shupings Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- Trading Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Isenhour, see our County-by-County Page for Isenhour.
Cemeteries Near Isenhour ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Isenhour.
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 Isenhour - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Isenhour covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Lanes Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newsom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stanly Gardens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Russell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zoar Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Freedom Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Isenhour in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Isenhour.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Isenhour, with the one closest to Isenhour listed first.
- Palmerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Palestine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- New London
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Albemarle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millerton is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Plyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Uwharrie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Uwharrie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uwharrie
- Pinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pinson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinson
- Jackson Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jackson Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Ophir
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Handy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Isenhour. See our List of 1890's Communities around Isenhour.
Newspapers Published in Isenhour ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Isenhour.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Isenhour, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Isenhour.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Isenhour:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stanly County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Moore 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- Isenhour) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Isenhour, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |