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 Pine Haven (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 Pine Haven. 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 Pine Haven ...
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 Pine Haven: Pine Hvn. (or less commonly used: Pine Havn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Haven. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Haven.
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 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.
Pine Haven is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Anson, Davidson, Moore, Randolph, Richmond & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Haven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Haven:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Pine Haven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Blaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Abner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Wadeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Allreds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Asbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Ether
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Biscoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Ansonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Burnsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Sugar Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rimer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Georgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Midland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Complex
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Handy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Southmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Silver Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Silver Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Cotton Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Linwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Lakeview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Eden ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Davie County
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Guilford County
- Allen Jay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jugtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eagle Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Zion Grove is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Eleazer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Seagrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Michfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Yow Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Asheboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Trinity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Market
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Randleman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond County
- Mangum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Gold Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Craven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rockwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Crescent
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Timbercreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Trading Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Faith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Granite Quarry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Palmerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Badin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Misenheimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Albemarle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Millingport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Plyer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Bloomington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Norwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Haven, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Haven.
Cemeteries Near Pine Haven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Haven.
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 Pine Haven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Haven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Lanes Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Newsom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem UCC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stanly Gardens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Morgan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Love Joy Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (107 more) ...
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Troy.
- The Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Shiloh Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991197 <2>
- Owens Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Pine Haven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Haven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Haven, with the one closest to Pine Haven listed first.
- Blaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Palmerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Pinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinson
- Jackson Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Handy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- New London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Ophir
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Eleazer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Uwharrie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Uwharrie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uwharrie
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Immer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Immer is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immer
- Healing Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Haven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Haven.
Newspapers Published in Pine Haven ...
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 Pine Haven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Haven, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Haven.
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 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 Pine Haven:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Moore County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Stanly 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> | 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- Pine Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pine Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |