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 Olive Hill (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 Olive Hill. 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 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.
Olive Hill is located in Person 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 Person County: Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange & Halifax (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Olive Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Olive Hill:
- Person County (The home county of Olive Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Concord
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ceffo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Hicks Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Roxboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitt Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Allens Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Allensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Cates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Hurdle Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Timberlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tirzah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Just Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Pleasant Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Stagecoach Trail
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Union Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- McCray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Mebane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Buena Vista Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Green Level
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Brook Hollow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Lakeview Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Lakeview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Leasburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Semora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Milton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Prospect Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Blanch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yanceyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- West Yanceyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Anderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Gatewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Rougemont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Bahama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Gorman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Durham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Wilbourns
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Berea
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Stem
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Gela
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Butner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stovall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Lyons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Hester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Tar River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Bullock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Berryland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Berryland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Laws
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Kindful Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Caldwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Larry Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- North Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Springcrest Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Charter Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- Fieldstream
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Green Pines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- McDade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Carr
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Ruffin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lawsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fluvanna County (VA)
- Scottsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Alton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Delila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Mayo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Cluster Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Sutherlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Elmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Virgilina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jones
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jones is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Omega
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Westside Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Madison County (VA)
- Beaver Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Nelson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Averett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Shiny Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Henrico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Laurel Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Kentuck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Henrys Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Henrys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mill
- Ridgecrest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Lucks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lucks is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucks
- Mount Cross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Spring Garden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Java
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Olive Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Olive Hill.
Cemeteries Near Olive Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Olive Hill.
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 Olive Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Olive Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Lamberth Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Marion Thomas Clayton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Concord Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mill Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moses Winstead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stories Creek Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burchwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zion Level Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat River Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (192 more) ...
- Person Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookland Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Olive Hill had a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Olive Hill, with the one closest to Olive Hill listed first.
- Ceffo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Roseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Roxboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leasburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodsdale is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsdale
- Osmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Osmond is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osmond
- Semora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cunningham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cunningham is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Bushy Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bushy Fork is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Fork
- Ai
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ai is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Allensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Bethel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Hill is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gordonton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonton is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonton
- Hurdle Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Surl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Surl is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surl
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Olive Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Olive Hill.
Newspapers Published in Olive Hill ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Olive Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Olive Hill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Olive Hill.
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 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 Olive Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Person County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Orange County
- Rockingham County
- Danville City
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Madison County
- Mecklenburg 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Olive Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Olive Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |