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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 Miles (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 Miles. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Miles is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
Below are the counties that are near Miles. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Miles:
- Orange County (The home county of Miles)
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Cheeks Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Lakeview Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Efland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Jordan Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Dimmocks Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dimmocks Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmocks Mill
- Rosewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rosewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Walkers Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- West Hillsborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Hillsborough is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hillsborough
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- Garland Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garland Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Acres
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Stagecoach Trail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Buena Vista Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Mebane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Hawfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Florence Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Just Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Melville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Green Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Haw River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cooper Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Granite Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granite Village is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Stony Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Leasburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yanceyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- West Yanceyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Quick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Estelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Siler City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- The American Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rougemont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bahama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gorman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Parkwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Brassfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Butner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Stem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Creedmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Gibsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Julian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Browns Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Climax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rudd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Cumberland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Allens Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Timberlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Mount Tirzah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Whitt Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Hicks Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Moriah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Roxboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ceffo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Allensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Staley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Redcross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Lawsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ruffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wake County
- Hazelwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Miles, see our County-by-County Page for Miles.
Cemeteries Near Miles ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miles.
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 Miles - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Miles covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- County Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Eno Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Governor Burke Grave
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <2>
- Graham Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (126 more) ...
- Salem Community Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Linwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Miles in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Miles.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Miles, with the one closest to Miles listed first.
- Mebane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Efland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hawfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Hillsborough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Haw River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Teer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Saxapahaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- McCray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Prospect Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Corbett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Corbett is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Miles. See our List of 1890's Communities around Miles.
Newspapers Published in Miles ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Miles.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Miles, 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 Miles.
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 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 Miles:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Wake 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Miles) 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 Miles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |