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 Lewis (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 Lewis. 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 and hospitals 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.
Lewis is located in Granville 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 Granville County: Durham, Franklin, Person, Vance, Wake, Halifax (VA) & Mecklenburg (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Lewis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lewis:
- Granville County (The home county of Lewis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Gela
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Oxford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stovall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Bullock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Berea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Providence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wilbourns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Tar River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Fairport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Townsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Bahama
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rougemont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gorman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Franklinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Ingleside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Alert
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Katesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Youngsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Louisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wake Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mapleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- White Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Berryland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berryland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Fieldstream
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Caldwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Charter Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- North Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Springcrest Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Pleasant Green Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kindful Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Larry Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- Schley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- Laws
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Moriah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Allensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Mount Tirzah
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Timberlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Roxboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Allens Level
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Hicks Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Whitt Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Roseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Ceffo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Dabney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Flat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Bear Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Adcock Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Kittrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gillburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Middleburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bobbitt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Drewry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- New Light
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Stony Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Forestville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Wyatt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Manson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Soul City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Rose Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Afton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Norlina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warren Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Warrenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Lickskillet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Macon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fluvanna County (VA)
- Scottsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Virgilina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aarons Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Mayo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Omega
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Cluster Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Harmony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Alton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Shiny Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Averett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Nelson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Henrico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Clarksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Finchley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Jeffress
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Cusco Willa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Skipwith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Orgainville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Boydton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lewis, see our County-by-County Page for Lewis.
Cemeteries Near Lewis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewis.
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 Lewis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lewis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Meadowview Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadowview Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Oxford.
- The Meadowview Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Meadowview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48079 <3>
- Crews Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burnette Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plummer Cheatham Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- John Penns Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Granville Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Royster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Winston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Alpha Omega Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (166 more) ...
- Blacknall Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Callahan Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Norwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Lewis had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lewis, with the one closest to Lewis listed first.
- Huntsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Huntsboro is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsboro
- Oxford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dexter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Dabney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Stovall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Satterwhite
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Satterwhite is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterwhite
- Watkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Bullock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Berea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Providence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Clay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tar River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Townsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lewis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lewis.
Newspapers Published in Lewis ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lewis, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lewis.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lewis:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Granville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Mecklenburg 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lewis) 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 Lewis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |