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 View (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 View. 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 View ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Mountainview.
- A typical abbreviation for Mountain View: Mountain Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain View.
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 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 View 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 Mountain View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain View:
- Gaston County (The home county of Mountain View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Bessemer City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Gastonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Gastonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tryon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Dallas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ranlo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Smyre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Lowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spencer Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain
- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
- Cherryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Shoals is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Camp Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Maiden
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Providence Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Providence Mill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill
- Banoak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Plateau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Blackburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blackburn is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Duan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duan is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan
- Olivers Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Killian Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Killian Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Crossroads
- Propst Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Propst Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propst Crossroads
- Rhoney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rhoney is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoney
- Cooksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Drums Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Drums Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drums Crossroads
- Startown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Startown is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Kings Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Stony Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Grover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Stubbs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Waco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Light Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Elizabeth City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Patterson Springs
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Briarwood Townhouses
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Iredell County
- Mayhew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mayhew is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Crouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Lincolnton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Iron Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Boger City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Machpelah
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Lowesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Vale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Henry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Denver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Dixie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Paw Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Dalton Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village
- Pinecrest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Chateau Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chateau Woods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Yorkmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont
- Wilmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Biddleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
- Spring Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Pineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Huntersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Six Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Ellenboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hollis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Caroleen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Henrietta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Kings Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Chester County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- 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
- Smith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Smith is located in Chester County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Camp Cox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
- Colonial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Indian Land
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Bowling Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Filbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Smyrna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wylie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- York
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Tega Cay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- India Hook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- India Hook is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountain View, see our County-by-County Page for Mountain View.
Cemeteries Near Mountain View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain View.
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 View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountain View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Westview Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Rest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Street Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Firestone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Firestone Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Craig / Jenkins Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Cemetery is located in Gastonia.
- Hollywood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- North Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland Cemetery
- The North Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Oakland Street Cemetery
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Antioch Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- El Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mountain View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Bessemer City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kings Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gastonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
- Bowling Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Fancy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
- Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Dallas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cherryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hardins is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardins
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mountain View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain View.
Newspapers Published in Mountain View ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain View, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain View.
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 View:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Gaston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Cleveland County
- Iredell County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rutherford 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> | 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- Mountain View) 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 View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |