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 Prospect (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 Prospect. 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 hospitals 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.
New Prospect is located in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County: Burke, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford, Cherokee (SC) & York (SC).
Below are the counties that are near New Prospect. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Prospect:
- Cleveland County (The home county of New Prospect)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Waco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Wilson ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Beam Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beam Mill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beam Mill
- Stubbs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Elizabeth City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Light Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Stony Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Briarwood Townhouses
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Fallston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shelby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Village Square Townhouses
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Camp Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Enola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Hildebran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yellow Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Gap is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Gap
- Icard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brindletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Connelly Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rutherford College
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Caldwell County
- Northlakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Northlakes is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlakes
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Banoak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Cooksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Plateau
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Propst Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Propst Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propst Crossroads
- Rhoney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rhoney is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoney
- Blackburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Maiden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Advent Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
- Providence Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Mill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill
- Meadow Brook Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Mountain View
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Duan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Duan is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Dellview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Cherryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Tryon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Bessemer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- High Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gastonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Alexis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alexis is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Ranlo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Smyre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Crouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Hulls Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Vale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Henry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Laurel Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Lincolnton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Iron Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Machpelah
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Lowesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Patten
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Vein Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Dixie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Paw Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Ellenboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hollis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Six Points
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Caroleen
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Henrietta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Sunshine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Washburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Bostic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Forest City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Mush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Blacksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kings Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Chesnee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Brooklyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Mayo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <1>
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Bowling Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Clover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Filbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Hickory Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hopewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lake Wylie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Prospect, see our County-by-County Page for New Prospect.
Cemeteries Near New Prospect ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Prospect.
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 Prospect - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Prospect covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- New Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Capernaum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ross Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Side Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Royster Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hullender Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Community Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Webb Memorial Lawns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Golden Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find New Prospect in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Prospect.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Prospect, with the one closest to New Prospect listed first.
- Stubbs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Beam Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beam Mill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beam Mill
- Waco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Double Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Double Shoals is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Shoals
- Shelby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fallston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fancy ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
- Cherryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Campcall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sharon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Belwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belwood is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
- Elbethel ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Prospect. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Prospect.
Newspapers Published in New Prospect ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Prospect.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Prospect, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Prospect.
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 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 Prospect:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Caldwell County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Spartanburg County
- York 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> | 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 Prospect, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- New Prospect) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |