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 Long Hill (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 Long Hill. 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 and hospitals 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.
Long Hill is located in Surry 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 Surry County: Alleghany, Forsyth, Stokes, Wilkes, Yadkin, Carroll (VA), Grayson (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Long Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Long Hill:
- Surry County (The home county of Long Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Ararat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Holly Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Pilot Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheltontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Westfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Water
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Pine Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- White Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Albion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Mount Airy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Edmonds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Roaring Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ennice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hooker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Pino
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Bermuda Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Heritage Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Donnaha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- King
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Tobaccoville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dozier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Oak Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Rural Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seward is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Bannertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Creek View
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Hunter Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Meadows
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Ellisboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Madison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mayodan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Pinnacle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Capella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Vade Mecum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Mount Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Quaker Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Aarons Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Neatman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Lawsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Snow Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Ronda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Clingman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- Traphill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Roaring River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Richmond Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- East Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Forbush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Union Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Nebo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Boonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yadkinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jonesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Branon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Cana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lambsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gladesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Fancy Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Drenn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Pike City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Pipers Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Hillsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dugspur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Star is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Low Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Ararat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Peters Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Stuart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows of Dan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Patrick Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Critz
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Woolwine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Long Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Long Hill.
Cemeteries Near Long Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Long Hill.
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 Long Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Long Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Bennett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cox Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain. The cemetery lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Pilot Mountain.
- The Cox Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cox - Harrison Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2438894 <4>
- Anchor Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Anchor Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
- Whitakers Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pilot Mountain City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jessups Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Family Cemetery
- The Simmons Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Simmons Cemetery
- The Peoples Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Denny Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jessup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (624 more) ...
- Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lawson & Sawyers Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Long Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Long Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Long Hill, with the one closest to Long Hill listed first.
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Ararat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ash Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ash Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Hill
- Pilot Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Pinnacle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Airy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Siloam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Dalton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Francisco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Francisco is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Dobson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Long Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Long Hill.
Newspapers Published in Long Hill ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Long Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Long Hill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Long Hill.
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 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 Long Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Surry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | 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- Long Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Long Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |