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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Nanney. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Nanney to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nanney, please Contact Us.
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 Nanney (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 Nanney. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Nanney is historic, it would have been located within present day Rutherford 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 Rutherford County: Buncombe, Burke, Cleveland, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Cherokee (SC) & Spartanburg (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Nanney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nanney:
- Rutherford County (The home county of Nanney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Green Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Lake Lure
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ruth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Thermal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Union Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rutherfordton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bakersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Ridgecrest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Montreat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swannanoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walkertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walkertown is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Azalea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Swannanoa Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swannanoa Hills is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swannanoa Hills
- Arden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Busbee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Royal Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Brindletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Parkhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parkhill is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- Glen Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Linville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linville is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Calvin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calvin is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Enola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Magnolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Yellow Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Gap is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Gap
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Cliffside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- New House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Mooresboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Polkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Polkville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Cleveland Mills ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cleveland Mills is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Mills
- Delight
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Delight is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Lattimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Campcall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Casar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kingstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kingstown is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Boiling Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Bat Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Gerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Baxter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Dana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Saluda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upward
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upward is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
- U-No
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- U-No is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for U-No
- East Flat Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barker Heights is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Heights
- Carolina Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carolina Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Village
- Cumberland Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Vein Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Sugar Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Lackey Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Moffitt Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Glenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Old Fort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greenlee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- West Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Dendron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Mill Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Yancey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Hamrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Celo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Celo is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celo
- Murchison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Chesnee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Gowensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Tigerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Landrum
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Brooklyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Fingerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Campobello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gramling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Boiling Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Inman Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
- Inman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Mayo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Southern Shops
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nanney, see our County-by-County Page for Nanney.
Cemeteries Near Nanney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nanney.
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 Nanney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nanney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Matthew Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Full Gospel Revival Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Knob Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bills Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Antioch Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Nebo Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Temple of Jesus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Big Level Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Miller - Twitty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilboa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa Cemetery
- The Gilboa Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gilboa UMC Cemetery
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.
While we didn't find Nanney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nanney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nanney, with the one closest to Nanney listed first.
- Green Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Poplar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Uree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Uree is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uree
- Mack ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mack is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Rutherfordton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chimney Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vein Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Trio ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trio is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
- Sugar Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Bat Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bearwallow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nanney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nanney.
Newspapers Published in Nanney ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nanney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nanney, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nanney.
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 Nanney:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rutherford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Burke County
- Cleveland County
- Henderson County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Yancey County
- Cherokee County
- Greenville County
- Spartanburg County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Nanney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Nanney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |