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 Jenkins Heights (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 Jenkins Heights. 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 Jenkins Heights ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Jenkins Heights: Jenkins Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Jenkins Heights, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jenkins Heights may originally have been Jenkin's Heights.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jenkins Heights might be written as Jenkin Heights.
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.
Jenkins Heights is located in Gaston 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 Gaston County: Cleveland, Lincoln, Mecklenburg & York (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Jenkins Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jenkins Heights:
- Gaston County (The home county of Jenkins Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Gastonia
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Gastonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Ranlo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Smyre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Bessemer City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spencer Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain
- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
- McAdenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tryon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Cramerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- High Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- High Shoals is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Camp Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Cannon Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Killian Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads
- Maiden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Providence Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Providence Mill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill
- Olivers Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Duan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Duan is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan
- Plateau
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Blackburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Blackburn is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Drums Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Drums Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drums Crossroads
- Banoak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Rhoney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rhoney is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoney
- Startown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Startown is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown
- Lake Norman of Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Terrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Kings Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Stony Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Stubbs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Grover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Elizabeth City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Light Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Wilson ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Briarwood Townhouses
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Mayhew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayhew is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Mount Mourne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
- Doolie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doolie is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Iron Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Crouse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Lincolnton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Boger City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Lowesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Machpelah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Denver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Vale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Dixie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Paw Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Chateau Woods
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Pinecrest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Dalton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village
- Spring Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Wilmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Yorkmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont
- Biddleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Huntersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Charlotte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- River View ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- River View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Rutherford County
- Six Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Union County
- Marvin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marvin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Kings Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Camp Cox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
- Colonial Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Bowling Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Lake Wylie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tega Cay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- India Hook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- India Hook is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
- Riverview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Fort Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jenkins Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Jenkins Heights.
Cemeteries Near Jenkins Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jenkins Heights.
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 Jenkins Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jenkins Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland Cemetery
- The North Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Oakland Street Cemetery
- Hollywood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollywood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Gastonia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47713 <3>
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Firestone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Firestone Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Cemetery is located in Gastonia.
- Craig / Jenkins Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Westview Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Antioch Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gaston Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gaston Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Gastonia.
- The Gaston Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Gaston Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47448 <3>
- Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Edgewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cramerton Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Jenkins Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jenkins Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jenkins Heights, with the one closest to Jenkins Heights listed first.
- Gastonia
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bessemer City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kings Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McAdenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hardins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hardins is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardins
- Bowling Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fancy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fancy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crouse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Mount Holly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jenkins Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jenkins Heights.
Newspapers Published in Jenkins Heights ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jenkins Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jenkins Heights, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jenkins Heights.
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 Jenkins Heights:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Gaston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Cabarrus County
- Catawba County
- Cleveland County
- Iredell County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rutherford County
- Union County
- Cherokee County
- Lancaster County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Jenkins Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Jenkins Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |