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 Montford Hills (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 Montford Hills. 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.
Montford Hills is located in Buncombe 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 Buncombe County: Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, Transylvania & Yancey.
Below are the counties that are near Montford Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montford Hills:
- Buncombe County (The home county of Montford Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- West Asheville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Asheville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Asheville
- Asheville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Emma
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Woodfin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Redwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Sayles Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sayles Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayles Village
- Shiloh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Acton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Azalea
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Stoney Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Biltmore Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Enka Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Enka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Morning Star
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Cruso
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Clyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Lake Junaluska
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Teague ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Waynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Maggie Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Fletcher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mills River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Naples
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Naples is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Gerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Bearwallow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Balfour
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Cumberland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Horse Shoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carolina Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carolina Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Village
- Etowah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bat Cave
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Rollins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Ivy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Marshall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mars Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Trust
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Walnut
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Spring Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Stackhouse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Foster Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Foster Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
- Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Hurricane
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Dendron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Lackey Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Moffitt Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Old Fort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Greenlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Sugar Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Polk County
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lure
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Penrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seven Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Brevard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Balsam Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yancey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Murchison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Pensacola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Low Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Hamrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Burnsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Higgins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Higgins is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Celo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Celo is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celo
- Micaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramseytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramseytown is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown
- Day Book
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Day Book is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book
- Newdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newdale is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Cocke County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Tom Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Wolf Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Unicoi County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Flag Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montford Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Montford Hills.
Cemeteries Near Montford Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montford Hills.
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 Montford Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Montford Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Asheville Cemetery
- City of Asheville Riverside Cemetery
- Violet Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fore - Rutledge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fore - Rutledge Cemetery
- The Fore - Rutledge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fore Cemetery
- Rhodes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rich Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Academy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashelawn Gardens of Memory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashelawn Gardens of Memory
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ashelawn Gardens of Memory is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Asheville.
- The Ashelawn Gardens of Memory has also been known as:
- Ashelawn Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46749 <3>
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olivett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sluder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Montford Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Montford Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Montford Hills, with the one closest to Montford Hills listed first.
- Murphy Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Murphy Junction is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Junction
- Emma
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- West Asheville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Asheville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Asheville
- Asheville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grace is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Biltmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Biltmore is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Acton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Juno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Juno is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Buena Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Azalea
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Riceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riceville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Weaverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Busbee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Alexander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montford Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montford Hills.
Newspapers Published in Montford Hills ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montford Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Montford Hills, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Montford Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Montford Hills:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Buncombe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Transylvania County
- Yancey County
- Cocke County
- Unicoi 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Montford Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Montford Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |