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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Nicholsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Nicholsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nicholsville, 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 Nicholsville (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 Nicholsville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Nicholsville is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Nicholsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nicholsville:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Nicholsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Boiling Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Sharon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Mooresboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Brittain Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Cliffside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Earl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Lattimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Patterson Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Shelby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Camp Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Brindletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Cooksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Banoak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Dellview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Perry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Cherryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Bessemer City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Gastonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dallas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- High Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Shoals is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Ranlo
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 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 Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Laurel Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Crouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Vein Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Mill Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Six Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Henrietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Caroleen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Ellenboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Alexander Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Bostic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Washburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Hollis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- East Gaffney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blacksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Chesnee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kings Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chester County (SC)
- Cabal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cabal is located in Chester County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Mayo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens
(14 miles [22.5 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 <2>
- Brooklyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Converse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Pacolet Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fingerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Central Pacolet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Boiling Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pacolet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <2>
- Drayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Jonesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kelly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Bailey Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Bonham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bonham is located in Union County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
- Lockhart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Smyrna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Bowling Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Filbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nicholsville, see our County-by-County Page for Nicholsville.
Cemeteries Near Nicholsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nicholsville.
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 Nicholsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nicholsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Boiling Springs.
- The Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Camps Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185977 <4>
- McCraw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sarratt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sarratt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandpit Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Christian Fellowship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lavonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boiling Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (363 more) ...
- Mikes Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.
Nicholsville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 56 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nicholsville, with the one closest to Nicholsville listed first.
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Boiling Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Sharon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Earl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Lattimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Henrietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Shelby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Ellenboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Campcall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Double Shoals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Double Shoals is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Shoals
- New House
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New House is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nicholsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nicholsville.
Newspapers Published in Nicholsville ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nicholsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nicholsville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nicholsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Nicholsville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Chester County
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
- York 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 Nicholsville, 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> | 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- Nicholsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |