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 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.
Mountain View is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
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:
- Orange 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.
- Oak Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Ridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Piney Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Hillsborough
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oakdale Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale Farms is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Farms
- Dimmocks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dimmocks Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmocks Mill
- Fairview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rosewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- West Hillsborough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Hillsborough is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hillsborough
- Brigadoon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brigadoon is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon
- University
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- University is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Eno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eno is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eno
- Garland Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garland Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Acres
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Mebane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Trail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Brook Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Hawfields
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Woodlawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Just Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Florence Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Melville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Green Level
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Cooper Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Granite Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Granite Village is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Anderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Leasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Yanceyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- West Yanceyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Semora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Estelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- The American Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bahama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rougemont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gorman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Parkwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Brassfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- Wake Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Butner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Hester
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Mount Energy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Berea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Tar River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Gibsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Allens Level
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Moriah
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Roseville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Whitt Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Hicks Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Allensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Hazelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Dutchess Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Pickwick Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Stony Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Apex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- New Light
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Meredith Townes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Woodbury Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- New Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Glenwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
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.
- Governor Burke Grave
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dunagan Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <3>
- Old Eno Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Latta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (111 more) ...
- Partin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cheek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 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.
- Hillsborough
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blackwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Efland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Mebane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Laws
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Teer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Chapel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairntosh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairntosh is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairntosh
- Bahama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rougemont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hawfields
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Oaks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Prospect Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
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 44 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 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. 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 helpful 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 Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Person County
- Wake 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' (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'. |
| <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 Mountain View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |