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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 Jaars (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 Jaars. 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 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.

Jaars is located in Union 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 Union County: Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Stanly, Chesterfield (SC) & Lancaster (SC).

Below are the counties that are near Jaars. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jaars:

  • Union County     (The home county of Jaars)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Jackson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jackson is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Waxhaw
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Mineral Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wesley Chapel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Marvin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Marvin is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
    • Altan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Altan is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
    • White Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • White Oak is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • Trinity
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Trinity is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Carmel Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Carmel Village is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
    • Monroe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Trail
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lake Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lake Park is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
    • Rock Rest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Rest is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
  • Anson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Peachland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Mineral Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Cabarrus County
    • Midland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gaston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Begonia ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Begonia is located in Gaston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
    • Belmont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Catawba ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Catawba is located in Gaston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
  • Mecklenburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Weddington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Providence ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Providence is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Matthews
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pineville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mint Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Yorkmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont
    • Chantilly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
    • Belmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Biddleville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
    • Charlotte
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Dalton Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village
    • Pinecrest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Wilmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
  • Chester County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Fort Lawn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgemoor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lando
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Richburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Great Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Smith is located in Chester County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
    • Eureka Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Eureka Mill is located in Chester County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
    • Chester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Chester is located in Chester County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,363 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <1>
    • Lowrys
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lowrys is located in Chester County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Cornwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cornwell is located in Chester County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
    • Gayle Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Gayle Mill is located in Chester County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
  • Chesterfield County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Pageland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Pageland is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,535 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pageland <1>
    • White Plains
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • White Plains is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Jefferson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jefferson is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson <1>
    • Mount Croghan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Angelus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Angelus is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
  • Fairfield County (SC)
    • Mitford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitford is located in Fairfield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
  • Kershaw County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Kershaw
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Kershaw is located in Kershaw County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,404 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kershaw <1>
    • Liberty Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Westville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Lancaster County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Van Wyck
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Camp Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
    • Riverside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Springdell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Springdell is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell
    • Lancaster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Lancaster is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <1>
    • Caskey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Caskey is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
    • Indian Land
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lancaster Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
    • Colonial Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Irwin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Irwin is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
    • Union
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Union is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Elgin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Elgin is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Camp Cox
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
  • York County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.
    • Catawba
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Roddey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Roddey is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
      • Roddey has also been known as:
      • Coates Tavern
    • Lesslie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lesslie is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
    • Fort Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverview
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverview is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Rock Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • India Hook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • India Hook is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
    • Tega Cay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Newport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Newport is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Lake Wylie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • McConnells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • York
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • York is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jaars, see our County-by-County Page for Jaars.

Cemeteries Near Jaars ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jaars.

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 Jaars - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jaars covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.

  • Andrew Jackson Memorial
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • McWorter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Waxhaw.
    • The Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Roundtop Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159148 <3>
  • Wrens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Stinson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cureton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Eastside Community Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Six Mile Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waxhaw Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (158 more) ...

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>

While we didn't find Jaars in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jaars.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Jaars, with the one closest to Jaars listed first.

  • Waxhaw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Walkersville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Walkersville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Van Wyck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Wolfville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wolfville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfville
  • New Cut
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • New Cut is located in Lancaster County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut
  • Riverside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverside is located in Lancaster County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Belair
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Belair is located in Lancaster County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
  • Landsford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Landsford is located in Chester County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsford
  • Caskey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Caskey is located in Lancaster County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
  • Catawba
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Roddey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Roddey is located in York County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
    • Roddey has also been known as:
    • Coates Tavern
  • Altan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Altan is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pleasant Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Lancaster County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Harmony
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Harmony is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Lesslie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lesslie is located in York County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jaars. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jaars.

Newspapers Published in Jaars ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jaars.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jaars, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jaars.

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 Jaars:

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- Jaars) 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 Jaars, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.