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 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 Pleasant 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 Pleasant 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant 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 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 Grove is located in Alamance 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 Alamance County: Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove:
- Alamance County (The home county of Pleasant Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Just Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- McCray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Green Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Union Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Lakeview Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Stagecoach Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Carolina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carolina is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glencoe is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Hopedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopedale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Beverly Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Clover Garden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Anderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Stony Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Jericho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Prospect Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Locust Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Yanceyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- West Yanceyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Leasburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Blanch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Rougemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- The American Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Bahama
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Durham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Parkwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Gibsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitsett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Browns Summit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rudd
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Forest Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- White Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cumberland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Spicewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Julian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greensboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Carr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Lakeview Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- McDade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Miles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Green Pines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- Walkers Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Cheeks Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Jordan Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Arrowhead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Deer Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Efland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Allens Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Cates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Whitt Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hicks Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Ceffo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Moriah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Allensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Redcross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Staley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Lawsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Reidsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruffin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Wentworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- College Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Wittys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Draper ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Danville City (VA)
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Delila
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Sutherlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant 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 Pleasant Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Jeffries Cross Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Enoch Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Northlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Fence Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Fence Church Cemetery
- The Rock Fence Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stoney Creek AME Church Cemetery
- Church of Jesus Christ of LDS Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Leath-Kernodle-Hornbuckle Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Underwood - Boswell Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (166 more) ...
- Cooper Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graham Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Pleasant Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- McCray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Union Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Corbett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corbett is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
- Stony Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Haw River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mebane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Burlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Hightowers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hightowers is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightowers
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cherry Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Altamahaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Swepsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant 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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Grove, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant 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 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 Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alamance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Danville City
- Halifax 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- Pleasant Grove) 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 Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |