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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 Lambert (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 Lambert. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Lambert is located in Stanly 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 Stanly County: Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan & Union.

Below are the counties that are near Lambert. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lambert:

  • Stanly County     (The home county of Lambert)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Bloomington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Cross
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Red Cross is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
    • Millingport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Plyer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Stanfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
    • Albemarle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • New London
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Misenheimer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
    • Richfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Anson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Burnsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Roper ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Roper is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Ansonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ansonville is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
    • Sugar Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Town is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
    • Peachland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Polkton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Wadesboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cabarrus County
  • Davidson County
  • Mecklenburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Allen
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mint Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Newell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
    • Matthews
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Belmont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Chantilly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Croft
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Providence ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Providence is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Charlotte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Greenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Davidson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Biddleville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
  • Montgomery County
  • Randolph County
  • Richmond County
  • Rowan County
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Fairview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairview is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
    • Fairfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Unionville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Unionville is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
    • Hemby Bridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lake Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Stallings
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wingate
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Indian Trail
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Monroe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Rest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Carmel Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Carmel Village is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lambert, see our County-by-County Page for Lambert.

Cemeteries Near Lambert ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lambert.

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 Lambert - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lambert covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.

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 Lambert in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lambert.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.

  • Bloomington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Finger
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Finger is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
  • Plyer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Georgeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Furrs ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Furrs is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furrs
  • Albemarle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • New London
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Drys Mill ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
  • Cottonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottonville is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
  • Palestine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Palestine is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pioneer Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Pioneer Mills is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mills
    • Rimer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Olive Branch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Olive Branch is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lambert. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lambert.

Newspapers Published in Lambert ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lambert.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lambert, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lambert.

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 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 Lambert:

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>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- Lambert) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lambert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.