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 Pleasant Garden (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 Pleasant Garden. 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 Pleasant Garden ...
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 Pleasant Garden: Pleasant Gdn. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Gardn., Pleasant Grden. or Pleasant Grdn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Garden. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Garden.
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 and 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.
Pleasant Garden is located in Guilford 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 Guilford County: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Garden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Garden:
- Guilford County (The home county of Pleasant Garden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Forest Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Climax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Southmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Julian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkman Crossroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Latham Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Freeman Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Cumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Greensboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pomona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- White Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Kimesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- The Country
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Alamance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Glenwood Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Mark View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- Random Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Pleasant Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rock Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Country Club Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
- Deerfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Elon College
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Pinewood Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Acres
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Stony Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Siler City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bennett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Eden ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Abotts Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Thomasville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fair Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Wallburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Silver Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Gum Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Cedar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Jefferson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Welcome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Horneytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Applegate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Christy Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Cliffwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Emorywood Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Kernersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Kimberly Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kimberly Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Acres
- Sedge Garden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Sun Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Oaks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Teer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Cheeks Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Lakeview Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Redcross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Randleman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Melanchton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Worthville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Archdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Central Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Cedar Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Franklinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Trinity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Gold Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Reidsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ellisboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Wentworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Fulp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Pine Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Garden, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Garden.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Garden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Garden.
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 Pleasant Garden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Garden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Moriah UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gilmore Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Piedmont Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holts Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Guilford Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carolina Biblical Gardens of Guilford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Midway Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cone Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (145 more) ...
- Harshaw Grove MB Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Liberty.
- The Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713812 <2>
- Mt. Pisgah UMC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 Pleasant Garden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Garden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Garden, with the one closest to Pleasant Garden listed first.
- Climax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vandalia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vandalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Level Cross
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Level Cross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Cross
- Julian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Greensboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pomona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Glenola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenola is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenola
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Randleman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grays Chapel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Progress
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Worthville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Garden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Garden.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Garden ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Garden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Garden, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Garden.
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 Pleasant Garden:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Guilford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Forsyth County
- Orange County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Garden) 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 Pleasant Garden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |