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 Seward (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 Seward. 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.
Seward is located in 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 Seward. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seward:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Seward)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Hunter Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hunter Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Meadows
- Bethania
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Oak Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Park is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Mallard Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mallard Lakes is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lakes
- Mill Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mill Brook is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Pfafftown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dorchester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Hunters Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- Dozier
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Tobaccoville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Creek View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- River Ridge Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
- Sherwood Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Arcadia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Gum Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Wallburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Midway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Welcome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Abotts Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Currytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Jefferson Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sapona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapona
- Thomasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Advance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mocksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Ephesus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Cooleemee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Colfax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stokesdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- High Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Guilford College
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Jamestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Allen Jay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Pomona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Scalesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Latham Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Houstonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Olin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Archdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Ellisboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayodan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Rowan County
- Needmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Mount Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Germanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinnacle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Neatman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Capella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- 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
- Flat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Fulp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Vade Mecum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Siloam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pilot Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Rockford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Ararat
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Stony Knoll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Westfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Black Water
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- East Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Forbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Union Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Wyo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Courtney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Nebo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Yadkinville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Footville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Branon
(21 miles [33.8 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 Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- 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
- Ararat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Nettleridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seward, see our County-by-County Page for Seward.
Cemeteries Near Seward ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seward.
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 Seward - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seward covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Forsyth Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newsome Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsome Family Cemetery
- The Newsome Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newsome - Hendrix Cemetery
- Bethabara Moravin God's Acre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stultz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clayton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flint Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Montview Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- King Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Enon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carmichael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (339 more) ...
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stony Knoll Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Seward in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seward.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seward, with the one closest to Seward listed first.
- Bethania
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Pfafftown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Vienna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Tobaccoville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Donnaha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Rural Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alspaugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Dalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- East Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Pinnacle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Neatman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seward. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seward.
Newspapers Published in Seward ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seward.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seward, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seward.
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 Seward:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Iredell County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin 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 Seward, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seward) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |