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 Junker (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 Junker. 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 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.
Junker is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County : Cabarrus , Gaston , Iredell , Lincoln , Union , Lancaster (SC) & York (SC) .
Below are the counties that are near Junker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Junker:
Mecklenburg County (The home county of Junker)
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Newell (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Belmont (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Chantilly (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly Charlotte (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Greenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Biddleville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville Croft (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Croft is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft Spring Lake (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Wilmore (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Chateau Woods (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods Allen (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Allen is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Mint Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Dalton Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village Anson County
Burnsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Burnsville is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville Cabarrus County
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Harrisburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Cannon Crossroads (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Poplar Tent (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent Midland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Tulin ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Tulin is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin Concord (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town Bosts Mill ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill Georgeville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Mount Pleasant (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Rimer (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Rimer is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer Catawba County
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Lake Norman of Catawba (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Terrell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Killian Crossroads (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads Sherrills Ford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Monbo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Monbo is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo Olivers Crossroads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads Gaston County
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Brown Town (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Brown Town is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town Mount Holly (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Belmont (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Lucia (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Woodland ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Woodland is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Catawba ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Catawba is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Cramerton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
McAdenville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Lowell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
Stanley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Ranlo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Ranlo is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
Smyre (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Smyre is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre Iredell County
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Mount Mourne (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne Mayhew (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Mayhew is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew Mooresville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Doolie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Doolie is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie Mazeppa (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mazeppa is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa Shepherds (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Shepherds is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Ostwalt (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Ostwalt is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostwalt Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Lowesville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Lowesville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville Triangle ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Triangle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Westport (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Westport is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Machpelah (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Machpelah is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah Denver (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Iron Station (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Iron Station is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station Boger City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Boger City is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Kannapolis (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Enochville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Enochville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville North Kannapolis (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis Corriher Heights (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights Landis (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Five Points (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Five Points is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Harts ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Harts is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Five Forks (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Five Forks is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks China Grove (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Harris Chapel (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel Shupings Mill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill Mill Bridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mill Bridge is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bridge Correll Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Correll Park is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll Park Stanly County
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Locust (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Stanfield (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Red Cross (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Red Cross is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
Lambert (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Lambert is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Oakboro (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Bloomington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Bloomington is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington Millingport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Millingport is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport Plyer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Plyer is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer Cedar Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cedar Village is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village Misenheimer (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Misenheimer is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Stallings (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Indian Trail (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Hemby Bridge (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Hemby Bridge is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
Fairview (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Fairview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
Lake Park (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
White Oak (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
White Oak is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Marvin (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Marvin is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
Wesley Chapel (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Unionville (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Unionville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
Monroe (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Mineral Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Waxhaw (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Carmel Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Carmel Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village Lancaster County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Camp Cox (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox Colonial Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Indian Land (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Van Wyck (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
York County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Lake Wylie (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Fort Mill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Riverview (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Riverview is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Tega Cay (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
India Hook (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
India Hook is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook Newport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Newport is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Bowling Green (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lesslie (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Lesslie is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie Rock Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Roddey (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Roddey is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey Roddey has also been known as:
Coates Tavern Clover (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Catawba (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Junker, see our County-by-County Page for Junker .
Cemeteries Near Junker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Junker.
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 Junker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Junker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Plaza Road Baptist Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Newell Baptist Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Sugar Creek Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hebrew Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Charlotte Memorial Gardens (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Oaklawn Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery The Oaklawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Hendrix Family Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48276 <2>
North Pinewood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Charlotte . The Ninth Street Pinewood Cemetery has also been known as:
Pinewood Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48436 <2>
Elmwood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Sharon Memorial Park (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (146 more) ...
Logan Chapel CME Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Oak Grove Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Biddleville Cemetery (5 miles [8 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 Junker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Junker.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Junker, with the one closest to Junker listed first.
Newell (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Derita (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Derita is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derita Charlotte (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Monteith ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Monteith is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith Eastfield (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Eastfield is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastfield Kingwood ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Kingwood is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood Croft (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Croft is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft Harrisburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Mint Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Burdett ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Burdett is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett Sardis (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Sardis is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Pioneer Mills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Pioneer Mills is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mills Continue List (19 more) ...
Paw Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek Matthews (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Martindale ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Martindale is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Junker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Junker .
Newspapers Published in Junker ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Junker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Junker, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Junker.
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 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 Junker:
Websites specific to North Carolina Pages specific to Mecklenburg County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anson County Cabarrus County Catawba County Gaston County Iredell County Lincoln County Rowan County Stanly County Union County Lancaster County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Junker. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Mecklenburg County: https://www.mecknc.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Junker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Junker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.