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 Pinson (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 Pinson. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Pinson is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Pinson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pinson:
- Randolph County (The home county of Pinson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Eleazer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Michfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Seagrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Asheboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- New Market
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Randleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Ansonville
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rimer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Chatham County
- Bennett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Complex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Handy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Silver Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Southmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Cotton Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Eden ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Holly Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Fair Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Linwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davie County
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Allen Jay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Sherwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Freeman Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- High Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Blaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Abner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Allreds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- Asbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Ether
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Biscoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Dover
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jugtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Robbins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eagle Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Grove is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Mangum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Norman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Gold Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Craven
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Crescent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Rockwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Trading Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Timbercreek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Granite Quarry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodbine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodbine is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Palmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Badin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Albemarle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Misenheimer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Cedar Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Plyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Millingport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Bloomington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Norwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(23 miles [37 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 Pinson, see our County-by-County Page for Pinson.
Cemeteries Near Pinson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinson.
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 Pinson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pinson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lanes Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zoar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newsom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prospect Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Love Joy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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>
- Hopewell Friends Meeting Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Balfour Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (112 more) ...
- Grace Baptist Temple Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Owens Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Pinson had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pinson, with the one closest to Pinson listed first.
- Blaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eleazer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Eldorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Handy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Immer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Immer is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immer
- Uwharrie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Uwharrie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uwharrie
- Jackson Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Palmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Farmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Farmer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mechanic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Healing Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- New London
(11 miles [17.7 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 Pinson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pinson.
Newspapers Published in Pinson ...
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 Pinson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pinson, 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 Pinson.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pinson:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Moore 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 from Point A (ie- Pinson) 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 Pinson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |