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 Morris Park (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 Morris Park. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Morris Park is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County : Cabarrus , Gaston , Iredell , Lincoln , Union , Lancaster (SC) & York (SC) .
Below are the counties that are near Morris Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morris Park:
Mecklenburg County (The home county of Morris Park)
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Mint Hill (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Matthews (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Allen (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Allen is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Providence ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Providence was located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Chantilly (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Chantilly is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly Newell (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Newell is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Belmont (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Belmont is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Charlotte (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Weddington (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Biddleville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Biddleville is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville Greenville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Greenville is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Wilmore (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Wilmore is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Dalton Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Dalton Village is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village Anson County
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Burnsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Burnsville is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville Peachland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Polkton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Polkton is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
Sugar Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Sugar Town is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town Mineral Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mineral Springs is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs Roper ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Roper was located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Cabarrus County
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Harrisburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Midland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Bosts Mill ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Bosts Mill was located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill Georgeville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Cannon Crossroads (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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 Concord (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Poplar Tent (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent Tulin ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Tulin was located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin Mount Pleasant (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town Rimer (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Rimer is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer Gaston County
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Brown Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Brown Town is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town Mount Holly (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Belmont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Catawba ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Catawba was located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Cramerton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Woodland ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Woodland was located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland McAdenville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Lucia (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Begonia ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Begonia was located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia Lowell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
Ranlo (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Ranlo is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
Smyre (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Smyre is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre Iredell County
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Mount Mourne (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne Mooresville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Lowesville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Lowesville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville Machpelah (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Machpelah is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah Triangle ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Triangle was located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Westport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Westport is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Kannapolis (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
North Kannapolis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis Enochville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Enochville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville Landis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Corriher Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights Five Points (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Five Points is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points China Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Five Forks (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Five Forks is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks Harts ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Harts was located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Shupings Mill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill Harris Chapel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel Stanly County
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Stanfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Locust (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Red Cross (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Red Cross is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
Oakboro (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Lambert (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Lambert is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Bloomington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Bloomington is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington Millingport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Millingport is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport Plyer (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Plyer is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer Cedar Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Village is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village Albemarle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Stallings (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hemby Bridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Hemby Bridge is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
Indian Trail (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Lake Park (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
Fairview (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Fairview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
White Oak (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
White Oak is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Wesley Chapel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Unionville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Unionville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
Monroe (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Marvin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Marvin is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
Mineral Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Carmel Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Carmel Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village Waxhaw (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Chester County (SC)
Edgemoor (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lancaster County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Colonial Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Camp Cox (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox Indian Land (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Van Wyck (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Springdell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Springdell is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell Camp Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Riverside (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Riverside is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Caskey (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Caskey is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey Lancaster (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Union (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Union is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union York County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Fort Mill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Riverview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Riverview is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Tega Cay (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Lake Wylie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
India Hook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
India Hook is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook Lesslie (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Lesslie is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie Catawba (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Rock Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Roddey (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Roddey is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey Roddey has also been known as:
Coates Tavern Newport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Newport is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Bowling Green (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Clover (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morris Park, see our County-by-County Page for Morris Park .
Cemeteries Near Morris Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morris Park.
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 Morris Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morris Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Rice Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery The Rice Cemetery has also been known as:
Hartt Cemetery Sunset Memory Gardens (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Evergreen Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Logan Chapel CME Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ritch Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Sharon Memorial Park (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Ira V. Ferguson Memorial Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Charlotte Memorial Gardens (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Evergreen Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Evergreen Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Continue List (148 more) ...
Plaza Road Baptist Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Emmanuel Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Bentons Crossroads Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 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 Morris Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morris Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morris Park, with the one closest to Morris Park listed first.
Mint Hill (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Hoods ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Hoods was located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Kingwood ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Kingwood was located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood Matthews (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Burdett ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Burdett was located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett Sardis (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Sardis is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Indian Trail (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Eastfield (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Eastfield is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastfield Stouts (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Stouts is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Newell (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Newell is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Pioneer Mills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Pioneer Mills is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mills Charlotte (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Unionville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Unionville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
Derita (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Derita is also located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derita Harrisburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morris Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morris Park .
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 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 Morris Park:
Websites specific to North Carolina Pages specific to Mecklenburg County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anson County Cabarrus County Gaston County Iredell County Lincoln County Rowan County Stanly County Union County Chester County Lancaster County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Morris Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Mecklenburg County: https://www.mecknc.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Morris Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.