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 Kernersville (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 Kernersville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Kernersville is primarily located in Forsyth County. A portion of Kernersville extends into Guilford 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 Forsyth County: Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Kernersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kernersville:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Kernersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Christy Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Timber Trails
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Timber Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Beeson Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- High Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Sun Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Emorywood Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Applegate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Talleys Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Talleys Crossing is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleys Crossing
- Wellington Way
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington Way is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Way
- Willowbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Dilhast
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dilhast is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilhast
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Wallburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Midway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Thomasville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Arcadia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Welcome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Eden ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Reedy Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Holly Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Currytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Advance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pino
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Mocksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Colfax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Oak Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stokesdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford College
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- High Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Pomona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Latham Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Allen Jay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Archdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Market
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Randleman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Worthville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Millboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Central Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Melanchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Ellisboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Wittys Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mayodan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stoneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Wentworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Reidsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- College Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Fulp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Germanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Pine Hall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Neatman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Quaker Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Capella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Danbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pinnacle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Pilot Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- East Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Wyo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Forbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Courtney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Union Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Richmond Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kernersville, see our County-by-County Page for Kernersville.
Cemeteries Near Kernersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kernersville.
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 Kernersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kernersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Mt. Gur Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eastlawn Gardens of Memory
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Piedmont Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mecum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abbotts Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186163 <3>
- Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Happy Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Bellevue Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Union Ridge UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Old Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Kernersville had a population of 900 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Kernersville had a population of 24,891 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kernersville, with the one closest to Kernersville listed first.
- Colfax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walkertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- White Road ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Oak Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Deep River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belews Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Alspaugh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Stokesdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- High Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kernersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kernersville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kernersville ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kernersville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kernersville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kernersville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kernersville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> of Kernersville.
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 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 Kernersville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kernersville) 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 Kernersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |