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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 Ramsey (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 Ramsey. 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 hospitals 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.

Ramsey is located in Burke 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 Burke County: Avery, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell & Rutherford.

Below are the counties that are near Ramsey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ramsey:

  • Burke County     (The home county of Ramsey)
  • Alexander County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
    • Bethlehem
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bethlehem is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
    • Little River
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Little River is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
    • Taylorsville Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Taylorsville Beach is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville Beach
    • Ellendale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Isenhour Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Isenhour Park is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isenhour Park
    • Millersville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Millersville is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
    • Liledoun
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Liledoun is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
    • Baton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sawmills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Sawmills is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,156 people
    • Granite Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Concord ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Concord is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Northlakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Northlakes is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlakes
    • Cajah's Mountain
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Cajah's Mountain is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajah's Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
    • Hudson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Pinehurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Pinehurst is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
    • Gamewell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Abingdon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lenoir
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Muttenz ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Muttenz is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttenz
    • Adako
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Catawba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
    • Cooksville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Cooksville is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
    • Banoak
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Banoak is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
    • Advent Crossroads
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Propst Crossroads
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Propst Crossroads is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propst Crossroads
    • Plateau
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Brook Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadow Brook Village is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
    • Mountain View
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountain View is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Blackburn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Rhoney
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Long View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Long View is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
    • Brookford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookford is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
    • Startown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Startown is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown
    • Hickory
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cleveland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
    • Olive Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Olive Grove is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Grove
    • Knob Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Toluca
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Toluca is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toluca
    • Casar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Belwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Belwood is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
    • Cleveland Mills ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cleveland Mills is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Mills
    • Delight
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fallston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lawndale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Polkville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Polkville is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
    • Beam Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Campcall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Wilson ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Wilson is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
  • Gaston County
  • Lincoln County
  • McDowell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
    • Mountain Home ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
    • Patten
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Nebo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Vein Mountain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Glenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Glenwood is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Marion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Sugar Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • West Marion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • West Marion is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
    • Providence
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Providence is located in McDowell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Ashford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rutherford County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ramsey, see our County-by-County Page for Ramsey.

Cemeteries Near Ramsey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ramsey.

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 Ramsey - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ramsey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.

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 Ramsey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ramsey.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ramsey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ramsey.

Newspapers Published in Ramsey ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ramsey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ramsey, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ramsey.

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 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 Ramsey:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ramsey) 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 Ramsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.