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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about New Home. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New Home to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Home, 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of New Home is historic, it would have been located within present day Surry 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 Surry County: Alleghany, Forsyth, Stokes, Wilkes, Yadkin, Carroll (VA), Grayson (VA) & Patrick (VA).
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:
- Surry 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.
- Devotion
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Thurmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Low Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Zephyr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Round Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- State Road
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mulberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Dobson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elkin Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Red Brush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Elkin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Roaring Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edmonds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Amelia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Laurel Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Piney Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Scottville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Topia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Transou
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Wagoner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Weavers Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Crumpler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Glendale Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grassy Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Obids
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Orion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Helton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Union Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Pinnacle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Traphill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Abshers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Ronda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dehart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Roaring River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Hays
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Jonesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Rena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Swan Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Boonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Richmond Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Marler
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Union Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Branon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Lambsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Cana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fancy Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Gladesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Hillsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sheep Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Nester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Shorts Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Low Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fries
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Elk Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Rugby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Ararat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Wythe County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Home, with the one closest to New Home listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Austinville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Speedwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rowe Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
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.
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fishers Gap Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- State Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (601 more) ...
- Mountain Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mountain Park.
- The Mountain Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Park Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197374 <3>
- Higgins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Pine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 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.
- Devotion
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Cherry Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Ladonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ladonia is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Low Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Edmonds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Joynes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joynes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joynes
- Traphill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Austin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- State Road
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Round Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Edwards Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Lomax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Benham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Benham is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
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 39 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 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. 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 first visit 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 Surry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Iredell County
- Stokes County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Patrick County
- Wythe 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 New Home, 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' 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'. |