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 Royal Pines (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 Royal Pines. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Royal Pines is located in Buncombe 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 Buncombe County: Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, Transylvania & Yancey.
Below are the counties that are near Royal Pines. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royal Pines:
- Buncombe County (The home county of Royal Pines)
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Arden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Busbee
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Skyland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Avery Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Biltmore Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Shiloh
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Bent Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Sayles Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sayles Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayles Village
- Azalea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Redwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Redwood Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Asheville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Enka Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Cruso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Morning Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Clyde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Lake Junaluska
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Waynesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Teague ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Fletcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Naples
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Naples is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Mills River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Balfour
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Cumberland Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Horse Shoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pinehurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pinehurst is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- U-No
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- U-No is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for U-No
- Sky Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sky Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Carolina Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Village
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Ivy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Rollins
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Mars Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Marshall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trust
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Walnut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Spring Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Dendron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Lackey Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Moffitt Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Old Fort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Sugar Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- West Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Melrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Columbus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Mill Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tryon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Lure
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Green Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Thermal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Penrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Brevard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Balsam Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Rosman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yancey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Murchison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Pensacola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hamrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Low Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Caesars Head
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Cleveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Tigerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gowensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Slater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- Landrum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Royal Pines, see our County-by-County Page for Royal Pines.
Cemeteries Near Royal Pines ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royal Pines.
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 Royal Pines - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Royal Pines covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Hunter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Calvary Churchyard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Long Shoals Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Patty's Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shepherd Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Pond Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (413 more) ...
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cane Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cane Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Fairview.
- The Cane Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47042 <2>
- Stuart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Royal Pines in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Royal Pines.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Royal Pines, with the one closest to Royal Pines listed first.
- Arden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Skyland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Busbee
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Avery Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Fletcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Biltmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Biltmore is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Mills River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Azalea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Asheville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fruitland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- West Asheville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Asheville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Asheville
- Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Horse Shoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Royal Pines. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royal Pines.
Newspapers Published in Royal Pines ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal Pines.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royal Pines, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royal Pines.
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 helpful 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 Royal Pines:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Buncombe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Transylvania County
- Yancey County
- Greenville County
- Spartanburg 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 Royal Pines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Royal Pines) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |