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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pennfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pennfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pennfield, 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 Pennfield (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 Pennfield. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Pennfield is historic, it would have been located within present day Davidson 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 Davidson County: Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rowan & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Pennfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pennfield:
- Davidson County (The home county of Pennfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Thomasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Abotts Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Eden ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Wallburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Holly Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Jefferson Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Welcome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alamance County
- Kimesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Advance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Ephesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Cooleemee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mocksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pino
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Horneytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Kernersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sedge Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Sun Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Waughtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waughtown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waughtown
- Christy Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- High Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Wellington Way
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wellington Way is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Way
- Willowbend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
- Rosemont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Allen Jay
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Kirkman Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Sandy Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Colfax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Guilford College
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Latham Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Pomona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Pleasant Garden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Blaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Abner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Archdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trinity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Market
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Randleman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Central Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Millboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Redcross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Mechanic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Asheboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Ellisboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Trading Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Yadkin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Morgan Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Craven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Pooletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Shannon Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- East Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Spencer is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spencer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Ellis Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood Village is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Village
- Forest Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Fulp
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Germanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Pine Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Neatman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Wyo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pennfield, see our County-by-County Page for Pennfield.
Cemeteries Near Pennfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pennfield.
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 Pennfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pennfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Floral Garden Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Johnsontown Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Memorial Park
- Oakwood Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48279 <3>
- Rich Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abbotts Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186163 <3>
- Fair Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Emanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Andrews Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
While we didn't find Pennfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pennfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pennfield, with the one closest to Pennfield listed first.
- Thomasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Archdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fair Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Progress
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Light
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Light is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Glenola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenola is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenola
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deep River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jimes ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jimes is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimes
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Freeman Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Welcome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pennfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pennfield.
Newspapers Published in Pennfield ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pennfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pennfield, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pennfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Pennfield:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Davidson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Yadkin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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 Pennfield, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pennfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |