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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 Mandale (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 Mandale. 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 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.

Mandale is located in Alamance 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 Alamance County: Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph & Rockingham.

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

  • Alamance County     (The home county of Mandale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Eli Whitney
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
    • Sutphin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sutphin is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
    • Saxapahaw
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Snow Camp
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Melville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Melville is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
    • Swepsonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
    • Rock Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Hawfields
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hawfields is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
    • Broad Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Broad Acres is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Acres
    • Cooper Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
    • Forest Hills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Forest Hills is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
    • Maple Grove Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Maple Grove Acres is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Acres
  • Caswell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Prospect Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
    • Anderson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Anderson is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Stony Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Jericho
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jericho is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Bynum
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bynum is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
    • Fearrington Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
    • Pittsboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Siler City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonlee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonlee is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
    • Bear Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
    • Goldston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Farmville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Moncure
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Gulf
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Gulf is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
    • Haywood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Haywood is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Carbonton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Carbonton is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
    • Brickhaven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
  • Durham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Parkwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Parkwood is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
    • The American Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • The American Village is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
    • Nelson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Nelson is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Durham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Brassfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Brassfield is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
    • Morrisville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Gorman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gorman is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
    • Bahama
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Guilford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Julian
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Whitsett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gibsonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedalia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sedalia is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
    • Climax
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Forest Oaks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
    • McLeansville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Garden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Harnett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Cokesbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cokesbury is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
    • Duncan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Duncan is located in Harnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Cumnock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cumnock is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
    • Osgood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Osgood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
    • Colon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Colon is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
    • Glenwood Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
    • Green Valley Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Wildwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Wildwood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • San-Lee Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
    • Sanford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Western Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Western Hills is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
    • Jonesboro Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
    • Tramway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Tramway is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
    • Broadway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgewater Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Oaks is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
    • Teer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Teer is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
    • Orange Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Orange Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Rangewood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rangewood is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
    • Dodsons Crossroads
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
    • Laurel Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Laurel Springs is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Springs
    • Dogwood Acres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
    • Calvander
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Calvander is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
    • Carrboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Chapel Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Davie Circle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Davie Circle is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
    • Ashley Forest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashley Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Forest
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • Liberty
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Staley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Melanchton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Melanchton is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
    • Ramseur
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Redcross
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Redcross is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
    • Coleridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Coleridge is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
    • Franklinville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
    • Millboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Millboro is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
    • Central Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Central Falls is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
    • Worthville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Worthville is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
    • Randleman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Wake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale listed first.
    • New Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Apex
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Apex is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <1>
    • Indian Trail
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Indian Trail is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
    • Dutchess Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
    • Hazelwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Hazelwood is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
    • Hollemans Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
      • Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
      • Collins
      • Enno
    • Holly Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilbon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilbon is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon

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

Cemeteries Near Mandale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mandale.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mandale, with the one closest to Mandale 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 Mandale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mandale.

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

  • Sutphin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sutphin is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
  • Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Oaks is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
  • Silk Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
  • Saxapahaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Teer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Teer is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
  • Bynum
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bynum is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
  • Snow Camp
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pittsboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chapel Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Siler City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Swepsonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
  • Rock Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Blackwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Blackwood is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
    • Hawfields
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hawfields is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
    • Staley
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Mandale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mandale.

Newspapers Published in Mandale ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mandale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mandale, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mandale.

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 Mandale:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mandale) 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 Mandale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.