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 Knightdale (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 Knightdale. 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 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.
Knightdale is located in Wake 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 Wake County: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston & Nash.
Below are the counties that are near Knightdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knightdale:
- Wake County (The home county of Knightdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Eagle Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Emerald Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Skycrest Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Brentwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Village
- Wendell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Neuse Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Neuse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hertford Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hertford Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertford Village
- Chatham County
- Cary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Morrisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Brassfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Gorman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Parkwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Durham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- The American Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Wake Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Youngsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sutton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Franklinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Katesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Louisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Ingleside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- White Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Mount Energy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Wilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Creedmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Butner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Fairport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Tar River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Stem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Angier
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barclaysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barclaysville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclaysville
- Rawls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rawls is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls
- Chalybeate Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Duncan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Coats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kipling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kipling is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
- Buies Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Archer Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Willow Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Springs is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Wilson's Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Stancils Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- West Smithfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Smithfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Smithfield
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Redwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beulahtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Micro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Pine Level
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Murraytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Rogers Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Union Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Middlesex
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Rocky Cross
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Samaria
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Frazier Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Bailey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Floods Chapel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Stanhope
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Spring Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Kittrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bobbitt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Sims
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Scotts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Lucama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knightdale, see our County-by-County Page for Knightdale.
Cemeteries Near Knightdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knightdale.
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 Knightdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knightdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Doub Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bagwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carolina Biblical Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Biblical Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carolina Biblical Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Raleigh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47051 <2>
- Hilliard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Raleigh National Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (189 more) ...
- Wale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Montlawn Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Knightdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knightdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knightdale, with the one closest to Knightdale listed first.
- Milburnie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Milburnie is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnie
- Shotwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Eagle Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Auburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Wendell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Garner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Neuse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rolesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Raleigh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Archer Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Wyatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Six Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Six Forks is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Forks
- Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knightdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knightdale.
Newspapers Published in Knightdale ...
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 278 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knightdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knightdale, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knightdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Knightdale:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Harnett County
- Johnston County
- Nash County
- Vance County
- Wilson 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Knightdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Knightdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |