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 Norwood (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 Norwood. 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.
Norwood is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Stokes, Henry (VA) & Pittsylvania (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Norwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Norwood:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Norwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Belmont
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wentworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- College Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Lawsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Wittys Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Eden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Meadow Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Shiloh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Draper ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Ruffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Altamahaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Ossipee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Clover Garden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Birchwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- British Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- British Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Acres
- Elon College
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Green Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Sherwood Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Spring Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Union Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Westbrook Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Ashland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Quick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Locust Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Bethel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Stony Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Pelham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- West Yanceyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Jericho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Whitetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Anderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Gatewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Providence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Stonewood Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Belews Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Crims Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Pine Knolls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Bonanza Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Kynwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- White Road ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Abington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Cliffwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Greystone Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Brinkley Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brinkley Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Estates
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Browns Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scalesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Rudd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Summerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spicewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- McLeansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- White Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Stokesdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Greensboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gibsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Carr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Lakeview Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Pine Hall
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Amostown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Sandy Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Walnut Cove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Fulp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Germanton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Sandy Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Ridgeway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Irisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Axton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Horse Pasture
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Preston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Leatherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Villa Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Collinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County (VA)
- Beaver Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Nettleridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Critz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Cascade
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Mount Cross
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Ridgecrest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Swansonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Grady
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Norwood, see our County-by-County Page for Norwood.
Cemeteries Near Norwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norwood.
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 Norwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Norwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Evergreen Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Reid Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Setliff Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Reidlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Palmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wentworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burton Memorial MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Settle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Lawsonville Road Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ellington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Norwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Norwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Reidsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wentworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Monroeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Monroeton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeton
- Benaja
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Benaja is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benaja
- Pleasantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Lawsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Browns Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lenox Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Scalesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Leaksville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leaksville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Spray ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Ashland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ruffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Mayfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mayfield is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Norwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norwood.
Newspapers Published in Norwood ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norwood, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Norwood.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Norwood:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Stokes County
- Danville City
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick County
- Pittsylvania 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Norwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Norwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |