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 Maggie Valley (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 Maggie Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Maggie Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Maggie Valley: Maggie Vly. (or less commonly used: Maggie Vally. or Maggie Vlly.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Maggie Valley is located in Haywood 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 Haywood County: Buncombe, Jackson, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, Cocke (TN) & Sevier (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Maggie Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maggie Valley:
- Haywood County (The home county of Maggie Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Waynesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hazelwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Lake Junaluska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clyde
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Teague ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- West Canton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Canton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Morning Star
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Cruso
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Mount Sterling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Sandymush
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Glady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Glady is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glady
- Newfound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newfound is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Candler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Leicester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Enka Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Enka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Acton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Bent Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Avery Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Emma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- West Asheville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Asheville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Asheville
- Alexander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Mills River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Etowah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Balsam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Addie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Addie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Ruby City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ruby City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby City
- Sylva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paint Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Paint Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
- Dillsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Cullowhee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Laport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Laport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laport
- Wilmot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Forest Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Greens Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Creek
- Whittier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Leatherman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leatherman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherman
- Ellijay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ellijay is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellijay
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tellico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tellico is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tellico
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Trust
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Spring Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Hot Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rollins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Stackhouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Walnut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Swain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Cherokee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Unahala
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Unahala is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unahala
- Bryson City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forney ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forney is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Almond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Judson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Judson is located in Swain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Balsam Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Toxaway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brevard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sapphire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Pisgah Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rosman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Penrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cocke County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Naillon ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Naillon is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
- Cosby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tom Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Nough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nough is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Wilton Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Edwina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Del Rio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Myers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Wolf Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Bridgeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Carson Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Sevier County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Pittman Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pittman Center is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Gatlinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chalet Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
- East Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Elkmont ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elkmont is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maggie Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Maggie Valley.
Cemeteries Near Maggie Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maggie Valley.
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 Maggie Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maggie Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Plott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roundhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moody Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redbank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Balsam Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fulbright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (453 more) ...
- Leatherwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Maggie Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maggie Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maggie Valley, with the one closest to Maggie Valley listed first.
- Waynesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Balsam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Iron Duff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Duff is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Duff
- Cove Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cove Creek is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Addie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Addie is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
- Cataloochee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cataloochee is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataloochee
- Clyde
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beta is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Retreat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Crabtree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crabtree is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Teague ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Sylva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palm ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Palm is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maggie Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maggie Valley.
Newspapers Published in Maggie Valley ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maggie Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maggie Valley, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maggie Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Maggie Valley:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Haywood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Henderson County
- Jackson County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Swain County
- Transylvania County
- Cocke County
- Sevier 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 Maggie Valley, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Maggie Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |