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 Orange Grove (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 Orange Grove. 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 Orange Grove ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Orange Grove: Orange Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Orange Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orange Grove.
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.
Orange Grove is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
Below are the counties that are near Orange Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orange Grove:
- Orange County (The home county of Orange Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Dodsons Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Teer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Garland Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Garland Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Acres
- Walnut Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Cove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cove
- Calvander
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvander is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
- Laurel Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Springs
- Rangewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rangewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
- Blackwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Eubanks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eubanks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
- Manor Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Manor Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
- Cheeks Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Carrboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Eli Whitney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Saxapahaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Hawfields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Melville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Florence Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Mebane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mandale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Swepsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Cooper Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Stagecoach Trail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Sutphin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Anderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Ridgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Jericho
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Stony Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Leasburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yanceyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Locust Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Siler City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Moncure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Goldston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Farmville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brickhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Gulf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- The American Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Brassfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Gorman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Bahama
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rougemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Butner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Gibsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitsett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Julian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McLeansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Climax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Cumnock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cumnock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
- Osgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Allens Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Timberlake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Roseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Moriah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Whitt Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Staley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Redcross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Ramseur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Hazelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- New Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Apex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Indian Trail
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Pickwick Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Meredith Townes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Hollemans Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
- Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
- Collins
- Enno
- Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- Method
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orange Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Orange Grove.
Cemeteries Near Orange Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orange Grove.
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 Orange Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orange Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Cheek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tilley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Salem Community Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Community Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Community Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Saxapahaw.
- The Salem Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #176187 <3>
- McCauley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moores Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Partin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (104 more) ...
- Chatham Friends Meeting Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manns Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Orange Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orange Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orange Grove, with the one closest to Orange Grove listed first.
- Teer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Blackwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Saxapahaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Efland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hawfields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Mebane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swepsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Sutphin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Haw River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cedar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Graham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Camp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orange Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orange Grove.
Newspapers Published in Orange Grove ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orange Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orange Grove, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orange Grove.
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 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 Orange Grove:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Lee County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Wake 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- Orange Grove) 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 Orange Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |