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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Norville Crags. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Norville Crags to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Norville Crags, 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 Norville Crags (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 Norville Crags. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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 Norville Crags 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 Norville Crags. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Norville Crags:

  • Surry County     (The home county of Norville Crags)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Low Gap
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Peak
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Round Peak is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
    • Devotion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Devotion is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
    • Red Brush
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Brush is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
    • Mountain Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mountain Park is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
    • Thurmond
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Zephyr
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Zephyr is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
    • Toast
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Toast is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
    • Dobson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Airy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Mulberry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Mulberry is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • State Road
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • White Plains
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • White Plains is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
  • Alleghany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Edmonds
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
    • Ennice
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hooker
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hooker is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Glade Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Roaring Gap
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sparta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Sparta is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <2>
    • Amelia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Amelia is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
    • Piney Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Laurel Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Scottville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Topia
      (23 miles [37 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 Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Transou
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Transou is located in Ashe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
    • Weavers Ford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
    • Grassy Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Crumpler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Wagoner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Wagoner is located in Ashe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
    • Glendale Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stokes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Flat Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Pinnacle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Traphill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Abshers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Abshers is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
    • Moxley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Moxley is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
    • Lomax
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Lomax is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
    • Zebra ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Zebra is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
    • Pleasant Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Springfield ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Springfield is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • Dehart
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Dehart is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
    • Ronda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hays
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • McGrady
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • McGrady is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
    • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
    • Roaring River
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
  • Yadkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Jonesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Arlington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Arlington is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Boonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rena is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
    • Swan Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
    • Richmond Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
    • Mount Pleasant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Nebo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Nebo is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Cycle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Cycle is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
    • Union Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Marler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Marler is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
    • Forbush
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Forbush is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
  • Carroll County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Pipers Gap
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
    • Lambsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Drenn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
    • Woodlawn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cana
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Fancy Gap
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Hillsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gladesboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
    • Sheep Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sheep Town is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
    • Shorts Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
    • Star
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Star is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Nester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
  • Floyd County (VA)
  • Galax City (VA)
    • Galax
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Galax is located in Galax City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galax <2>
  • Grayson County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Low Gap
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
    • Baywood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
    • Fries
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fries is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fries
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fries <2>
    • Independence
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Elk Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridle Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
    • Mouth-of-Wilson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Flat Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
  • Patrick County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Ararat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Carters Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
    • Meadows of Dan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wythe County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.
    • Ivanhoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Austinville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Speedwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Speedwell is located in Wythe County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
    • Siloam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Siloam is located in Wythe County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Rowe Crossroads
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
    • Fort Chiswell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
    • Kent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Kent is located in Wythe County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Locust Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Locust Hill is located in Wythe County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
    • Crockett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Max Meadows
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wytheville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Norville Crags, see our County-by-County Page for Norville Crags.

Cemeteries Near Norville Crags ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norville Crags.

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 Norville Crags - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Norville Crags covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.

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 Norville Crags in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Norville Crags.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Norville Crags, with the one closest to Norville Crags listed first.

  • Low Gap
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Edmonds
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
  • Ennice
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ladonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ladonia is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
  • Round Peak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Peak is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
  • Pipers Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
  • Lambsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Drenn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
  • Hooker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hooker is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Devotion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Devotion is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
  • Edwards Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Edwards Crossroads is located in Alleghany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
  • Wolf Glade
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wolf Glade is located in Carroll County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Glade
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Peach Bottom
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
    • Cherry Lane
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
    • Pine Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Norville Crags. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norville Crags.

Newspapers Published in Norville Crags ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norville Crags.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norville Crags, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Norville Crags.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Norville Crags:

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 Norville Crags, 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 from Point A (ie- Norville Crags) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.