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 Knob Ridge (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 Knob Ridge. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Knob Ridge is located in Transylvania 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 Transylvania County: Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Greenville (SC), Oconee (SC) & Pickens (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Knob Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knob Ridge:
- Transylvania County (The home county of Knob Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Pisgah Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Seven Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Brevard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Penrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Rosman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Balsam Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Toxaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Sapphire
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Avery Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Bent Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Glady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glady is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glady
- Arden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Busbee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Skyland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Candler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Enka Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Biltmore Forest
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Enka
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Acton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Cruso
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Morning Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hazelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- West Canton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Clyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Junaluska
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maggie Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Etowah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Horse Shoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Laurel Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Mills River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Claremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Claremont is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Flat Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tuxedo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Timberland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Timberland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Willow Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Argura
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Argura is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argura
- Cashiers
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tuckasegee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Balsam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby City
- East Laport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Laport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laport
- Erastus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Erastus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- Cullowhee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Forest Hills has also been known as:
- Forest Hills village
- Village of Forest Hills
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Hills <1>
- Addie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Addie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Highlands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Webster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Melrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Tryon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lynn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Columbus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mill Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Caesars Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Cleveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tigerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Travelers Rest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Gowensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- O'Neal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Sans Souci
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sans Souci is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- City View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- City View is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tamassee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Rocky Bottom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Knob ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Sunset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Dacusville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Nine Times
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Pickens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Arial
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arial is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
- Easley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Six Mile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- Landrum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knob Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Knob Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Knob Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knob Ridge.
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 Knob Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knob Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Round Top Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Orr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Gillespie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glazener Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Osborne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Brevard.
- The Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pisgah Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48444 <3>
- Pisgah Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Davidson River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McGaha Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Knob Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knob Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knob Ridge, with the one closest to Knob Ridge listed first.
- Davidson River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Davidson River is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson River
- Brevard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Penrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherryfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherryfield is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- East Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Caesars Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Bowman Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Bluff is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Bluff
- Balsam Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Horse Shoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wattacoo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wattacoo is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattacoo
- Riverview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mills River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Knob ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Flat Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knob Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knob Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Knob Ridge ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knob Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knob Ridge, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knob Ridge.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Knob Ridge:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Transylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Jackson County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Greenville County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Spartanburg 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- Knob Ridge) 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 Knob Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |