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 King (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 King. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
King is primarily located in Forsyth County. A portion of King extends into Stokes 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 King. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to King:
- Forsyth County (The home county of King)
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Tobaccoville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Rural Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Creek View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Donnaha
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Bannertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Chestnut Trails
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Bethania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Hunter Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunter Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Meadows
- Mallard Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mallard Lakes is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lakes
- Oak Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Park is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Dozier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Gum Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Wallburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Reedy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Abotts Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Welcome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Currytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pino
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Advance
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mocksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Stokesdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Colfax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Summerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scalesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Guilford College
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- High Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Iredell County
- Houstonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Ellisboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Mayodan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Stoneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Mount Olive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Neatman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Pinnacle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Capella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Quaker Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Germanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Vade Mecum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Fulp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Bailey Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Walnut Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Pilot Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pine Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Westfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ararat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Holly Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Copeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Rockford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Albion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Black Water
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Wilkes County
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- East Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Richmond Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Union Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Huntsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Nebo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Wyo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Yadkinville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Courtney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Branon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Footville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Carroll County (VA)
- Cana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Peters Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Ararat
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Nettleridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Stuart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Patrick Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Critz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to King, see our County-by-County Page for King.
Cemeteries Near King ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of King.
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 King - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for King covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- King Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Timmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newsome Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsome Family Cemetery
- The Newsome Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newsome - Hendrix Cemetery
- Oliver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tuttle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tillotson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Browder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bennett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edwards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- Montview Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Capella Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find King in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of King.
These communities are listed based on their distance from King, with the one closest to King listed first.
- Tobaccoville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dalton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Rural Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Donnaha
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Neatman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Pinnacle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Quaker Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Pfafftown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- East Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Pilot Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 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 King. See our List of 1890's Communities around King.
Newspapers Published in King ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around King.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of King, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for King.
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 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 King:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Iredell County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Patrick 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> | 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 King, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- King) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |