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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sedges Garden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sedges Garden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sedges Garden, please Contact Us.
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 Sedges Garden (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 Sedges Garden. 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.
Name Variations for Sedges Garden ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Sedges Garden: Sedges Gdn. (or less commonly used: Sedges Gardn., Sedges Grden. or Sedges Grdn.)
- While the name of this community is Sedges Garden, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Sedges Garden may originally have been Sedge's Garden.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sedges Garden might be written as Sedge Garden.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sedges Garden is historic, it would have been located within present day Forsyth 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 Forsyth County: Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Sedges Garden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sedges Garden:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Sedges Garden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Day Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Day Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Acres
- Creekwood Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Creekwood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekwood Acres
- Old Hollow Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Hollow Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hollow Estates
- Chalk Level ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chalk Level is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Ogburn Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ogburn Station is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn Station
- Temora Lake Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Temora Lake Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temora Lake Estates
- Walkertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dennis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Chestnut Trails
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Montview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Montview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montview
- Alspaugh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Forest Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Stanleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stanleyville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Wallburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Abotts Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Arcadia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Reedy Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Welcome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Currytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Thomasville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Jefferson Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Eden ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Advance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pino
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Mocksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Ephesus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Colfax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stokesdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Summerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Guilford College
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- High Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scalesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Sherwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Latham Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Pomona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Allen Jay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Archdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Ellisboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Mayodan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wentworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Matrimony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Germanton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fulp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Neatman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Walnut Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Mount Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Quaker Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Pine Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Capella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Danbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pinnacle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Pilot Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pine Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Westfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Rockford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Black Water
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Copeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Holly Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- East Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Forbush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Wyo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Union Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Courtney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Nebo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Yadkinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Boonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Footville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Branon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Nettleridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Peters Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Critz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sedges Garden, see our County-by-County Page for Sedges Garden.
Cemeteries Near Sedges Garden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sedges Garden.
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 Sedges Garden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sedges Garden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Marshall Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stultz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ogburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carmichael Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mecum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.
Sedges Garden itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sedges Garden, with the one closest to Sedges Garden listed first.
- Alspaugh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Walkertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dennis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Rural Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethania
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- White Road ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Pfafftown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Neatman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Walnut Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kernersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belews Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Tobaccoville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vienna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Lewisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sedges Garden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sedges Garden.
Newspapers Published in Sedges Garden ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sedges Garden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sedges Garden, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sedges Garden.
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 Sedges Garden:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Patrick County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sedges Garden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sedges Garden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |