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 Joynes (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 Joynes. 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.
Joynes is located in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Surry, Watauga & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Joynes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Joynes:
- Wilkes County (The home county of Joynes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Traphill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moxley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Abshers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Lomax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Dehart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Hays
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McGrady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Roaring River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Mulberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Fairplains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Alexander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Vashti
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Rocky Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Roaring Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glade Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hooker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Laurel Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ennice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edmonds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Amelia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Scottville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Topia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Transou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Glendale Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wagoner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Obids
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Orion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Crumpler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weavers Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Grassy Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yates is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- West Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Helton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Fleetwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Love Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Union Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houstonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Thurmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Devotion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Mountain Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- State Road
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Zephyr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Elkin Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Mulberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Elkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Round Peak
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Dobson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Watauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Stony Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Deep Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Laxon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Jonesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Swan Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Rena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Cycle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Marler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Boonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Windsors Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Windsors Crossroads is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsors Crossroads
- Branon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Hamptonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Lambsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Cana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Fancy Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Baywood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Low Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fries
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rugby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Flat Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Trout Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Joynes, see our County-by-County Page for Joynes.
Cemeteries Near Joynes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Joynes.
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 Joynes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Joynes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Traphill.
- The Johnson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Johnson Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188960 <3>
- Truitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Double Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Knobs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Center Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (419 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Laurel Glenn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roberts Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Joynes had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Joynes, with the one closest to Joynes listed first.
- Traphill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dockery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dockery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Austin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Cherry Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Dehart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Lomax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Hay Meadow ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hay Meadow is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Meadow
- Whitehead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehead is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead
- Halls Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Mills is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
- Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Benham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benham is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Devotion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Hooker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Edwards Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Joynes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Joynes.
Newspapers Published in Joynes ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Joynes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Joynes, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Joynes.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Joynes:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilkes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Iredell County
- Surry County
- Watauga County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Joynes) 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 Joynes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |