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 Rockford Ferry (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 Rockford Ferry. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Rockford Ferry is located in Surry 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 Surry County: Alleghany, Forsyth, Stokes, Wilkes, Yadkin, Carroll (VA), Grayson (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Rockford Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockford Ferry:
- Surry County (The home county of Rockford Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Rockford
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Stony Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Siloam
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Copeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
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- Pine Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
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- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
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- Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Black Water
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Dobson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Ararat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Roaring Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Glade Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Ennice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Reedy Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Gum Tree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
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- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Pino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Bermuda Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calahaln
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Mocksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Advance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Donnaha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Heritage Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Dozier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- The Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- River Ridge Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
- Oak Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Park is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Tobaccoville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cinnamon Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
- Grapewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
- Hunters Trace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- Sherwood Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Dorchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Eaglewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Houstonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Union Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Olin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Turnersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- Love Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cool Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Rowan County
- Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Pinnacle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Mount Olive
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Capella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Neatman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Quaker Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Vade Mecum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Germanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Danbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Aarons Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Lawsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Clingman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- Ronda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Lomax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Roaring River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Zimmerman ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Traphill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Moxley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Abshers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Hays
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Nebo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Boonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Forbush
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- East Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Yadkinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Branon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Rena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hamptonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Cana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lambsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Drenn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Fancy Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pipers Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Gladesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Grayson County (VA)
- Low Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Ararat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Peters Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockford Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Rockford Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Rockford Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockford Ferry.
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 Rockford Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockford Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Clarks Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Charity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Richmond Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Knoll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Double Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Boonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hogans Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (434 more) ...
- Copeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Rockford Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockford Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockford Ferry, with the one closest to Rockford Ferry listed first.
- Rockford
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Richmond Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Boonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poindexter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Crutchfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crutchfield is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crutchfield
- Copeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Forbush
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Siloam
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Yadkinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dobson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Rena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockford Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockford Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Rockford Ferry ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockford Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockford Ferry, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockford Ferry.
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 Rockford Ferry:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Surry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Iredell County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Grayson County
- Patrick 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> | 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 Rockford Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rockford Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |