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 Melborne Heights (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 Melborne Heights. 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 Melborne Heights ...
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 Melborne Heights: Melborne Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Melborne Heights 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 Melborne Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Melborne Heights:
- Guilford County (The home county of Melborne Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Sherwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Jay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- High Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freeman Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Kirkman Crossroad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Sandy Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Guilford College
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Latham Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Pomona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Colfax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Southmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Kimesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- The Country
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Glenwood Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Alamance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Deerfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Deerfield is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Elon College
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mark View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Random Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Westbrook Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Westbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westbrook is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Westview Terrace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westview Terrace is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Terrace
- Westview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Thomasville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Wallburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Holly Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Welcome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Silver Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Advance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Horneytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Christy Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Kernersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sedge Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Applegate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Emorywood Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- High Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Sun Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Timber Trails
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Archdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trinity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Randleman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Redcross
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Millboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Central Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Cedar Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Melanchton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Asheboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Gold Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Ellisboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Reidsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Trading Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Yadkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Craven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Pooletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Fulp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Pine Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Germanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Neatman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Melborne Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Melborne Heights.
Cemeteries Near Melborne Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Melborne Heights.
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 Melborne Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Melborne Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Carolina Biblical Gardens of Guilford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Memorial Park
- Oakwood Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48279 <2>
- Floral Garden Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Guilford Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deep River Friends Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abbotts Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186163 <2>
- Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Home Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (148 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Garden Friends Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsontown Methodist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Melborne Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Melborne Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Melborne Heights, with the one closest to Melborne Heights listed first.
- High Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeman Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Deep River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Progress
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Trinity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenola is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenola
- Thomasville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Pomona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Guilford College
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fair Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Colfax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Melborne Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Melborne Heights.
Newspapers Published in Melborne Heights ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Melborne Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Melborne Heights, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Melborne Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Melborne Heights:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Guilford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes 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 Melborne Heights, 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' (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- Melborne Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |