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 Richfield (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 Richfield. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Richfield is located in Stanly 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 Stanly County: Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Richfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richfield:
- Stanly County (The home county of Richfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Misenheimer
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- New London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millingport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Plyer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Palmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Albemarle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Badin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Lambert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Red Cross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Locust
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Burnsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Ansonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Sugar Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rimer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Georgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Midland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Poplar Tent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Harrisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Cannon Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
- Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
- Cannon Cross Roads
- Cannon's Crossroads
- Wallace Cross Roads
- Wallace Crossroads
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Handy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Southmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Complex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Denton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cotton Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Linwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Sapona
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapona
- Holly Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Allen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Mint Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Abner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Wadeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Mount Gilead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Allreds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Asbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Biscoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moore County
- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Eleazer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Michfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Seagrove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Asheboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yow Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Richmond County
- Mangum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Gold Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Rockwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Craven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Crescent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Shupings Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- Timbercreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Faith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Granite Quarry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richfield, see our County-by-County Page for Richfield.
Cemeteries Near Richfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richfield.
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 Richfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- Morgan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newsom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lanes Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eudy Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stanly Gardens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- Old Freedom Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Richfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richfield, with the one closest to Richfield listed first.
- New London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millerton is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
- Gold Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Pool ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pool is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool
- Plyer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Finger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Finger is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
- Albemarle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Bloomington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Jackson Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Healing Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Healing Springs is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Rockwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richfield.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Richfield ...
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 Richfield.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Richfield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Richfield and those printed in the larger area surrounding Richfield.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Richfield.
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 Richfield:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stanly County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Union 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Richfield) 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 Richfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |