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 Mountain Valley (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 Mountain Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Mountain Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mountain Valley: Mountain Vly. (or less commonly used: Mountain Vally. or Mountain Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Mountain Valley is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Buncombe, Haywood, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania & Greenville (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Mountain Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain Valley:
- Henderson County (The home county of Mountain Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Mount Olive
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Tuxedo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Claremont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zirconia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- East Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barker Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barker Heights is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Heights
- Laurel Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
- Saluda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hendersonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Arden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Avery Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Royal Pines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Skyland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Busbee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Bent Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Enka Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Enka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Candler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Cruso
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Morning Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Lynn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mill Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lure
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Penrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Pisgah Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brevard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Rosman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Balsam Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Toxaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Sapphire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson County (SC)
- Powderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Powderville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderville
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Cleveland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Caesars Head
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Slater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Tigerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gowensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Travelers Rest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- O'Neal
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Berea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Berea is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Taylors
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Knob ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Dacusville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Rocky Bottom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Sunset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crow Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Pickens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arial
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arial is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
- Easley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nine Times
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Landrum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
- Campobello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gramling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Inman Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
- Inman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
- Fingerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Duncan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
- Lyman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lyman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,796 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyman <1>
- Wellford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Startex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brookside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brookside Village is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountain Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Mountain Valley.
Cemeteries Near Mountain Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain Valley.
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 Mountain Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountain Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Mountain Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pace Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Capps Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Double Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs Cemetery
- The Double Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bartlett Ward Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mullinax Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Sentell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gap Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hawkins - Hightower Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Mountain Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mountain Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Mountain Valley listed first.
- Zirconia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Saluda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Upward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upward is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
- Hendersonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bowman Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowman Bluff is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Bluff
- Riverview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Lima
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lima is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Horse Shoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Penrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cedar Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caesars Head
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Baxter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mountain Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain Valley.
Newspapers Published in Mountain Valley ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain Valley, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain Valley.
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 Mountain Valley:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Transylvania County
- Anderson County
- Greenville County
- Pickens County
- Spartanburg 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- Mountain Valley) 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 Mountain Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |