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 Oak Hill Court (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 Oak Hill Court. 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.
Name Variations for Oak Hill Court ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Oakhill Court.
- A typical abbreviation for Oak Hill Court: Oak Hill Ct. (or less commonly used: Oak Hill Crt.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Oak Hill Court is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Buncombe, Haywood, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania & Greenville (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Oak Hill Court. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Hill Court:
- Henderson County (The home county of Oak Hill Court)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Mills River
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Horse Shoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Naples
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Naples is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Holly Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Mountain Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fletcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Etowah
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Balfour
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Sky Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sky Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Timberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Timberland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Cumberland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Laurel Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinehurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinehurst is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Avery Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Arden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Skyland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bent Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Busbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Biltmore Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Enka Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Acton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Candler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Enka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Cruso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Morning Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Clyde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Junaluska
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Teague ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Maggie Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Argura
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Argura is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argura
- Balsam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Rollins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Ivy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Marshall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mars Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Trust
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Dendron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Moffitt Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Lackey Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Old Fort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Melrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tryon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lake Lure
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Green Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Penrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Brevard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Balsam Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Rosman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Toxaway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Caesars Head
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Slater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Tigerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gowensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Travelers Rest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- O'Neal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Knob ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Rocky Bottom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Landrum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
- Campobello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Hill Court, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Hill Court.
Cemeteries Near Oak Hill Court ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Hill Court.
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 Oak Hill Court - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Hill Court covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mill Pond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sitton - Gillespie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shepherd Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mills River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McCarson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Patty's Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stuart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Forest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Oak Hill Court in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Hill Court.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Hill Court, with the one closest to Oak Hill Court listed first.
- Mills River
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Horse Shoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fletcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Avery Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Bowman Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bowman Bluff is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Bluff
- Arden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hendersonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skyland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Penrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Busbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Flat Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Buena Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Davidson River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davidson River is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson River
- Upward
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upward is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Hill Court. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Hill Court.
Newspapers Published in Oak Hill Court ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Hill Court.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Hill Court, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Hill Court.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Oak Hill Court:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Transylvania County
- Greenville County
- Pickens County
- Spartanburg 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 Oak Hill Court, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oak Hill Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |