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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 Rimer (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 Rimer. 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 and hospitals 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.

Rimer is located in Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus County: Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly & Union.

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

  • Cabarrus County     (The home county of Rimer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimer, with the one closest to Rimer listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Concord
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fisher Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
    • Poplar Tent
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
    • Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
    • Georgeville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tulin ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
    • Harrisburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Midland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Cannon Crossroads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Anson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimer, with the one closest to Rimer listed first.
    • Burnsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Roper ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Roper is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
  • Catawba County
  • Davidson County
  • Davie County
  • Gaston County
  • Iredell County
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimer, with the one closest to Rimer listed first.
    • Westport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Triangle ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Triangle is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
    • Lowesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
  • Mecklenburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimer, with the one closest to Rimer listed first.
    • Allen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Newell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
    • Davidson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Croft
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cornelius
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Huntersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mint Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Belmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Chantilly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Charlotte
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Montgomery County
  • Randolph County
  • Rowan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimer, with the one closest to Rimer listed first.
    • Shupings Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
    • Rockwell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Faith
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Crescent
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Crescent is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Garfield is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Gold Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Correll Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Correll Park is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll Park
    • China Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Harris Chapel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Landis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • North Kannapolis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis
    • Kannapolis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Stanly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimer, with the one closest to Rimer listed first.
    • Misenheimer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
    • Millingport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Richfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lambert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Plyer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • New London
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Locust
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bloomington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Cross
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Cross is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
    • Stanfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
    • Albemarle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rimer, with the one closest to Rimer listed first.
    • Fairview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Fairview is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
    • Hemby Bridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Stallings
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Unionville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Unionville is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
    • Lake Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Indian Trail
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Rimer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rimer.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rimer, with the one closest to Rimer 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rimer had a post office and no railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Rimer ...

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 Rimer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rimer, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rimer.

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 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 Rimer:

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>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- Rimer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Rimer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.