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 hospitals 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 Stokes 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 Stokes County: Forsyth, Rockingham, Surry, Henry (VA) & Patrick (VA).
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:
- Stokes 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.
- Neatman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Mount Olive
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Capella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Quaker Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Germanton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vade Mecum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Pinnacle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Danbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Fulp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Wallburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Abotts Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Arcadia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Reedy Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Welcome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Currytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pino
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Advance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- King
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bannertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Chestnut Trails
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Creek View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- The Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Tobaccoville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stanleyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stanleyville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
- Temora Lake Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Temora Lake Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temora Lake Estates
- Bethania
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Hunter Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hunter Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Meadows
- Mallard Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mallard Lakes is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lakes
- Heritage Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Stokesdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Scalesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Guilford College
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- High Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Pomona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Sherwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Spicewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Ellisboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Mayodan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Matrimony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Pilot Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Westfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Ararat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Albion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Pine Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Mount Herman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Sheltontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Black Water
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- East Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Richmond Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Union Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Huntsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Nebo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Wyo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Yadkinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Courtney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Branon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Footville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Cana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pike City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Horse Pasture
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Preston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Peters Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Nettleridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Carters Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Critz
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Patrick Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stuart
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ararat
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Meadows of Dan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
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.
- Tuttle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Timmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Browder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tillotson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Capella Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bennett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (438 more) ...
- Sizemore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Browder Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Browder Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browder Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Browder Family Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46951 <2>
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 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.
- Neatman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Quaker Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Rural Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Tobaccoville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Pinnacle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethania
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Danbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Donnaha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Dennis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Walnut Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Pilot Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 25 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. 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 first visit 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 Stokes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Rockingham County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Henry County
- Patrick 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |