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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 Jones Ferry (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 Jones Ferry. 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 Jones Ferry ...
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.
While the name of this community is Jones Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Ferry may originally have been Jone's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Ferry might be written as Jone Ferry.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jones Ferry. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones Ferry.
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 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.
Jones Ferry is located in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County: Burke, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford, Cherokee (SC) & York (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Jones Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones Ferry:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Jones Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Boiling Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Mooresboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Sharon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Lattimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Brittain Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Earl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Kingstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Camp Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Brindletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Cooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Banoak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Dellview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Cherryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Perry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Tryon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Bessemer City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Gastonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Laurel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Crouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Vale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Vein Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Mill Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Columbus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lynn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Six Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Henrietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Caroleen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Ellenboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sandy Mush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Harris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Alexander Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Forest City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Bostic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Chesnee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gaffney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- East Gaffney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Blacksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville County (SC)
- Gowensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Mayo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Cowpens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <2>
- Converse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fingerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zion Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Glendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Boiling Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pacolet Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Drayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Jonesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kelly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Bailey Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Bonham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bonham is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Smyrna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bowling Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Filbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Blairsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Jones Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Jones Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones Ferry.
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 Jones Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Jolley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Boiling Springs.
- The Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Camps Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185977 <4>
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ruppe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lavonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Scruggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Watkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- McCraw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boiling Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Jones Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jones Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Ferry, with the one closest to Jones Ferry listed first.
- Nicholsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nicholsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Boiling Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Henrietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Sharon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Lattimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Ellenboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Earl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Shelby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blacksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campcall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Bostic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Jones Ferry ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Ferry, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Ferry.
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 Jones Ferry:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Greenville County
- Spartanburg County
- Union 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> | 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- Jones Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Jones Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |