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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 Maple Grove Acres (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 Maple Grove Acres. 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 Maple Grove Acres ...
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 Maple Grove Acres: Maple Grv. Acres
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Maple Grove Acres 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 Maple Grove Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple Grove Acres:
- Alamance County (The home county of Maple Grove Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Cooper Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- The Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Farm is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Farm
- Swepsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Broad Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Broad Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Acres
- Forest Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forest Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Rockwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Melville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Woodshire Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodshire Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Estates
- Quail Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quail Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Cedar Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Crest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Graber Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Graber Heights is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graber Heights
- Bellemont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bellemont is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Anderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Stony Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Jericho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Prospect Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ridgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Locust Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- West Yanceyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Yanceyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Quick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Leasburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Siler City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bynum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Fearrington Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Pittsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bear Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- The American Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Rougemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bahama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brassfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Gorman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Gibsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitsett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Julian
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Climax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rudd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Pleasant Garden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- White Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Greensboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Cheeks Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Miles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Lakeview Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Teer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Efland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Orange Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Dodsons Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Stagecoach Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Jordan Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Dimmocks Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dimmocks Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmocks Mill
- Carr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Cedar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Cates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Roseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Timberlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Staley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Redcross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Franklinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Ramseur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Randleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Central Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Coleridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Lawsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Reidsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ruffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maple Grove Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Maple Grove Acres.
Cemeteries Near Maple Grove Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple Grove Acres.
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 Maple Grove Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple Grove Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Graham Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Linwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belmount Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Harmon Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Community Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Community Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Community Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Saxapahaw.
- The Salem Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #176187 <2>
- Northlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Alamance Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chatham Friends Meeting Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- County Home Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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 Maple Grove Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maple Grove Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple Grove Acres, with the one closest to Maple Grove Acres listed first.
- Swepsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Haw River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saxapahaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mebane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elon College
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Teer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- McCray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kimesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Snow Camp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sutphin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple Grove Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple Grove Acres.
Newspapers Published in Maple Grove Acres ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple Grove Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple Grove Acres, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maple Grove Acres.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Maple Grove Acres:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alamance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Maple Grove Acres) 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 Maple Grove Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |