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 Motleta (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 Motleta. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Motleta is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Motleta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Motleta:
- Randolph County (The home county of Motleta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Mechanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Asheboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Market
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Trinity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Randleman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Cedar Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Millboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Archdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Franklinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Kimesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Pleasant Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Bennett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Siler City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Silver Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Eden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Denton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thomasville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Complex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Handy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Cedar Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Holly Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Silver Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Jefferson Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Cotton Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Advance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Horneytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Kernersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rosemont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Sedge Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Waughtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waughtown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waughtown
- Christy Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- High Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Sun Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Willowbend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
- Applegate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Allen Jay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Freeman Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Sherwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- High Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kirkman Crossroad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Climax
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Garden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Julian
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Latham Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Southmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Forest Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Abner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Blaine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Ophir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Eldorado
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Asbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Allreds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Biscoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Dover
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jugtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Craven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Trading Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Yadkin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Gold Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- East Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Spencer is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spencer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shannon Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- Timbercreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Palmerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Badin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Misenheimer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Albemarle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Motleta, see our County-by-County Page for Motleta.
Cemeteries Near Motleta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Motleta.
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 Motleta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Motleta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- John Wesley Stand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Balfour Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Friends Meeting Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andrews Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salem UCC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Randolph Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harshaw Grove MB Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (132 more) ...
- Emanuel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Home Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsontown Methodist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Motleta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Motleta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Motleta, with the one closest to Motleta listed first.
- Farmer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Farmer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Mechanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Cid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cid is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cid
- Sophia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Market
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Ulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ulah is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulah
- Glenola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glenola is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenola
- Light
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Light is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Denton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Central Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Worthville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Randleman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Progress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Fair Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Motleta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Motleta.
Newspapers Published in Motleta ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Motleta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Motleta, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Motleta.
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 Motleta:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Rowan County
- Stanly 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Motleta) 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 Motleta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |