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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 McLeansville (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 McLeansville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

McLeansville is located in Guilford 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 Guilford County: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes.

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

  • Guilford County     (The home county of McLeansville)
  • Alamance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLeansville, with the one closest to McLeansville listed first.
    • Glenwood Acres
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
    • Westbrook Forest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
    • Westbrook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Westbrook is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
    • Country Club Acres
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
    • Deerfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Deerfield is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Elon College
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Elon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Elon is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
    • Mark View
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Mark View is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
    • Random Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Random Hills is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
    • Westview Terrace
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Westview Terrace is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Terrace
    • Westview
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Westview is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
    • The Country
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Country is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
  • Caswell County
  • Chatham County
  • Davidson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLeansville, with the one closest to McLeansville listed first.
    • Abotts Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Thomasville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eden ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Eden is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Fair Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wallburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Bethany ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLeansville, with the one closest to McLeansville listed first.
    • Benefit ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Benefit is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
    • Yorktown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Applegate
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Applegate is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
    • Bonanza Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
    • Christy Acres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
    • Cliffwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
    • Emorywood Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
    • Horneytown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Kernersville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Pine Knolls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
    • Beeson Crossroads
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
    • Belews Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLeansville, with the one closest to McLeansville listed first.
    • Lakeview Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
    • Cheeks Crossroads
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
    • Miles
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Miles is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
    • Oaks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Carr
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Teer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Teer is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
    • Jordan Oak
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Efland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • McDade
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Orange Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Orange Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Stagecoach Forest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
  • Randolph County
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLeansville, with the one closest to McLeansville listed first.
    • Belmont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Belmont is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Reidsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Wittys Crossroads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Norwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Norwood is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
    • Lawsonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Wentworth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
    • Gold Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Ellisboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • College Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • College Village is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
    • Ruffin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Madison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Shiloh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Stokes County

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

Cemeteries Near McLeansville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McLeansville.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McLeansville, with the one closest to McLeansville 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that McLeansville had a population of 33 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McLeansville. See our List of 1890's Communities around McLeansville.

Newspapers Published in McLeansville ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around McLeansville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McLeansville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McLeansville.

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 McLeansville:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- McLeansville) 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 McLeansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.