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 New Home (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 New Home. 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 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.
New Home is located in Burke 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 Burke County: Avery, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell & Rutherford.
Below are the counties that are near New Home. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Home:
- Burke County (The home county of New Home)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Camp Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Enola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Brindletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Yellow Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yellow Gap is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Gap
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Calvin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Calvin is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Morganton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Alpine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander County
- Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Baton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Baton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baton
- Sawmills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sawmills is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,156 people
- Cajah's Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cajah's Mountain is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajah's Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
- Pinehurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pinehurst is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Granite Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gamewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,703 people
- Former name for Hudson:
- Hudsonville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
- Concord ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Northlakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northlakes is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlakes
- Muttenz ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Muttenz is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttenz
- Adako
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Adako is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adako
- Abingdon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abingdon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Cooksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Banoak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Advent Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
- Plateau
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Propst Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Propst Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propst Crossroads
- Meadow Brook Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Blackburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blackburn is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Mountain View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Rhoney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoney is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoney
- Long View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Long View is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Brookford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brookford is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Fairbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Cleveland Mills ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cleveland Mills is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Mills
- Casar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Delight
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delight is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Olive Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Grove is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Grove
- Knob Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knob Creek is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Polkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Polkville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- New House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Belwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Belwood is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
- Toluca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Toluca is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toluca
- Campcall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Lawndale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fallston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Dellview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Cherryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Perry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Tryon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Bessemer City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- High Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- High Shoals is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Dallas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Laurel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Henry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Vale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crouse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Lincolnton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boger City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Iron Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Patten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Vein Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Glenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Nebo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Providence
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Greenlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Lackey Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Ashford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashford is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Hollis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Washburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Mount Pisgah ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Bostic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ellenboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Six Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Forest City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Bakersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Blacksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chesnee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- Brooklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Home, see our County-by-County Page for New Home.
Cemeteries Near New Home ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Home.
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 New Home - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Home covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lattimore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fortune Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Golden Valley Missionary Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mooney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warlick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Golden Valley UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crowder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Union Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Golden Valley Church of the Brethren Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thomas Walker Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 New Home in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Home.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Cleveland Mills ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cleveland Mills is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Mills
- Casar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Delight
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delight is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Hollis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Polkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Polkville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Knob Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knob Creek is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- New House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Camp Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Golden ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Golden is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Campcall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Belwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Belwood is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Toluca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Toluca is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toluca
- Shoups Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Double Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Double Shoals is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Shoals
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Home. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Home.
Newspapers Published in New Home ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Home.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Home, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Home.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 New Home:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Burke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Caldwell County
- Catawba County
- Cleveland County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Home) 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 New Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |