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 Monticello Woods (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 Monticello Woods. 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.
Monticello Woods is located in Gaston 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 Gaston County: Cleveland, Lincoln, Mecklenburg & York (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Monticello Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monticello Woods:
- Gaston County (The home county of Monticello Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Cramerton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smyre
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Lowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McAdenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ranlo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Catawba ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Belmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spencer Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain
- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
- Gastonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Gastonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Brown Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brown Town is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Cannon Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
- Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
- Cannon Cross Roads
- Cannon's Crossroads
- Wallace Cross Roads
- Wallace Crossroads
- Harrisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Poplar Tent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Killian Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads
- Maiden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Olivers Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Providence Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Providence Mill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill
- Drums Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Drums Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drums Crossroads
- Lake Norman of Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Terrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Duan is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan
- Bandy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bandy is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandy
- Sherrills Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Plateau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Banoak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Kings Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Stony Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Waco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Grover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stubbs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Light Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Elizabeth City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Patterson Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Mayhew
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mayhew is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Mount Mourne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
- Doolie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doolie is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie
- Mooresville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Lowesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Iron Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Machpelah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Crouse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Boger City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Lincolnton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Denver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hulls Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Paw Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Dalton Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village
- Pinecrest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Chateau Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Yorkmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont
- Biddleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
- Wilmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Spring Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Charlotte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pineville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Marvin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Marvin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
- White Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Stallings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Trail
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hemby Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hemby Bridge is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
- Lake Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Park is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
- Wesley Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waxhaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Kings Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Gaffney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Chester County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Smith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smith is located in Chester County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Edgemoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lowrys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lowrys is located in Chester County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Camp Cox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
- Colonial Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Indian Land
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wyck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Bowling Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wylie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Tega Cay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Filbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- India Hook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- India Hook is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
- Newport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- York
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fort Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Smyrna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monticello Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Monticello Woods.
Cemeteries Near Monticello Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monticello Woods.
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 Monticello Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monticello Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- Cramerton Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gaston Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gaston Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Gastonia.
- The Gaston Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Gaston Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47448 <2>
- Aviary Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollywood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Gastonia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47713 <2>
- Craig / Jenkins Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Cemetery is located in Gastonia.
- Firestone Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland Cemetery
- The North Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Oakland Street Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Firestone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Monticello Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monticello Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monticello Woods, with the one closest to Monticello Woods listed first.
- McAdenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gastonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Dallas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Mountain Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Island is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Island
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bessemer City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hardins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardins is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardins
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monticello Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monticello Woods.
Newspapers Published in Monticello Woods ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monticello Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monticello Woods, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monticello Woods.
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 Monticello Woods:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Gaston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cabarrus County
- Catawba County
- Cleveland County
- Iredell County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Union County
- Cherokee County
- Chester County
- Lancaster County
- York 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 Monticello Woods, 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- Monticello Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |