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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 Sedalia (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 Sedalia. 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 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.

Sedalia is located in Guilford 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 Guilford County: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes.

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

  • Guilford County     (The home county of Sedalia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedalia, with the one closest to Sedalia listed first.
    • Whitsett
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • McLeansville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gibsonville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Oaks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
    • Cumberland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Cumberland is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • White Oak
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • White Oak is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • Rudd
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Rudd is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
    • Greensboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Browns Summit
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Southmont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Southmont is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
    • Spicewood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Spicewood is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
    • Fairfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Fairfield is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Alamance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedalia, with the one closest to Sedalia listed first.
    • Glenwood Acres
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
    • Random Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Random Hills is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
    • Westbrook Forest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
    • Westbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Westbrook is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
    • Country Club Acres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
    • The Country
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Country is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
    • Deerfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Deerfield is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Elon College
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Elon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Elon is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
    • Mark View
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Mark View is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
    • Westview Terrace
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Westview Terrace is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Terrace
    • Westview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Westview is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
  • Caswell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedalia, with the one closest to Sedalia listed first.
    • Stony Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Ashland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Ashland is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Anderson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Anderson is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Jericho
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jericho is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
    • Locust Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
    • Quick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Quick is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
    • Prospect Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
    • West Yanceyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
    • Bethel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bethel is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Yanceyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridgeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
  • Chatham County
    • Siler City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Davidson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedalia, with the one closest to Sedalia listed first.
    • Abotts Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
    • Thomasville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eden ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Eden is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Fair Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
    • Wallburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedalia, with the one closest to Sedalia listed first.
    • Horneytown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
    • Yorktown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
    • Applegate
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Applegate is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
    • Benefit ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Benefit is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
    • Cliffwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
    • Emorywood Estates
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
    • Beeson Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
    • Bonanza Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
    • Christy Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
    • Greystone Forest
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
    • Kernersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Kimberly Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Kimberly Acres is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Acres
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedalia, with the one closest to Sedalia listed first.
    • Lakeview Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
    • Cheeks Crossroads
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
    • Miles
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Miles is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
    • Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Oaks is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
    • Teer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Teer is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
    • Jordan Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
    • Orange Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Orange Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Carr
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Carr is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
    • Efland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Stagecoach Forest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
    • Cedar Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Dodsons Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedalia, with the one closest to Sedalia listed first.
    • Redcross
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Redcross is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
    • Liberty
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Melanchton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Melanchton is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
    • Staley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Millboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Millboro is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
    • Randleman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • New Market
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • New Market is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
    • Sophia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Worthville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Worthville is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
    • Archdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
    • Central Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Central Falls is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedalia, with the one closest to Sedalia listed first.
    • Belmont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Belmont is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Reidsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wittys Crossroads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
    • Norwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Norwood is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
    • Lawsonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
    • Wentworth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
    • Gold Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Ruffin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • College Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • College Village is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
    • Ellisboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
    • Shiloh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Madison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stokes County

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

Cemeteries Near Sedalia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sedalia.

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

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

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

While we didn't find Sedalia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sedalia.

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

  • McLeansville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibsonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Elon College
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Vandalia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Vandalia is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
  • Kimesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kimesville is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
  • Altamahaw
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
  • Greensboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Burlington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Browns Summit
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Benaja
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Benaja is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benaja
  • Climax
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Julian
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Graham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Graham is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,766 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <1>
    • Pomona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Pomona is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona

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

Newspapers Published in Sedalia ...

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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sedalia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sedalia, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sedalia.

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 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 Sedalia:

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 '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- Sedalia) 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 Sedalia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.