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 Kenwood Estates (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 Kenwood Estates. 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 Kenwood Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Kenwood Estates: Kenwood Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kenwood Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kenwood Estates.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Kenwood Estates is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
Below are the counties that are near Kenwood Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kenwood Estates:
- Orange County (The home county of Kenwood Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Arrowhead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- Walkers Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Deer Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Green Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Larry Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- McDade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Jordan Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Kindful Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Efland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Stagecoach Trail
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Mebane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Just Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Brook Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Florence Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Hawfields
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Green Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Pleasant Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Granite Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Granite Village is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
- Haw River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Leasburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Yanceyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- West Yanceyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Semora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Estelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Rougemont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The American Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Bahama
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Durham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Parkwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Brassfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Butner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Stem
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Berea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Creedmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Mount Energy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Tar River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Gibsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Cates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Mount Tirzah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Whitt Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Hicks Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Moriah
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Roxboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Allensville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Lawsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Ruffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Dutchess Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Hazelwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Pickwick Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Alton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Delila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kenwood Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Kenwood Estates.
Cemeteries Near Kenwood Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kenwood Estates.
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 Kenwood Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kenwood Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <3>
- Old Eno Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Governor Burke Grave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wheelers Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (128 more) ...
- Cooper Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clement Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Salem Methodist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Kenwood Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kenwood Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kenwood Estates, with the one closest to Kenwood Estates listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Efland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsborough
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Laws
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Prospect Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Mebane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hurdle Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gordonton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gordonton is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonton
- Corbett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corbett is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
- Ridgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Hawfields
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Blackwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bushy Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bushy Fork is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Fork
- Rougemont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haw River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kenwood Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kenwood Estates.
Newspapers Published in Kenwood Estates ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kenwood Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kenwood Estates, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kenwood Estates.
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 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 Kenwood Estates:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Person County
- Rockingham County
- Wake County
- Halifax 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kenwood Estates) 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 Kenwood Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |