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 Rich Hill (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 Rich Hill. 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 and 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.
Rich Hill is located in Alleghany 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 Alleghany County: Ashe, Surry, Wilkes & Grayson (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Rich Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rich Hill:
- Alleghany County (The home county of Rich Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Hooker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Roaring Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ennice
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edmonds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Sparta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Amelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Laurel Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Piney Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Scottville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Topia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Transou
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Weavers Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Crumpler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wagoner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Glendale Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Obids
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Orion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Helton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sturgills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- West Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Devotion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thurmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Round Peak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Zephyr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- State Road
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Dobson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elkin Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Red Brush
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Elkin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Traphill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Abshers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Lomax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Dehart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Pleasant Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hays
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- McGrady
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Ronda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Roaring River
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Jonesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Swan Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Boonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Cycle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Marler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Nebo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Branon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Hamptonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Lambsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Cana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Fancy Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sheep Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Hillsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gladesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Shorts Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Nester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Low Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Independence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fries
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Elk Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Flat Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Rugby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Trout Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Ararat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Wythe County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Speedwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Austinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rowe Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Crockett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Siloam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rich Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Rich Hill.
Cemeteries Near Rich Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rich Hill.
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 Rich Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rich Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cherry Lane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Pine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Laurel Glenn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glade Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Higgins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crab Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (584 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fishers Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Rich Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rich Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rich Hill, with the one closest to Rich Hill listed first.
- Cherry Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Hooker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Devotion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Ennice
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edwards Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Edmonds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sparta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Joynes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Joynes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joynes
- Ladonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ladonia is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Traphill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peach Bottom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Whitehead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whitehead is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Round Peak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rich Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rich Hill.
Newspapers Published in Rich Hill ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rich Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rich Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rich Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Rich Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alleghany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashe County
- Surry County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Patrick County
- Wythe 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> | 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 Rich Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Rich Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |