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 Shacktown (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 Shacktown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Shacktown is located in Yadkin 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 Yadkin County: Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry & Wilkes.
Below are the counties that are near Shacktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shacktown:
- Yadkin County (The home county of Shacktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Yadkinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Courtney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Courtney is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Wyo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wyo is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Forbush
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forbush is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Union Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Grove is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nebo is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Footville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Richmond Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richmond Hill is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- East Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Branon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Branon is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Alexander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Vashti
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Stony Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Rocky Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Alleghany County
- Roaring Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Arcadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Reedy Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Currytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Gum Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
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- Midway
(23 miles [37 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
- Welcome
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wallburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tyro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tyro is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany was located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Sapona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapona
- Jefferson Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Pino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Bermuda Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calahaln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Mocksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Advance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Cooleemee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Grapewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
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- Cinnamon Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
- Eaglewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
- Lewisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hunters Trace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- River Ridge Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
- Robin Hood Trace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Robin Hood Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Trace
- Sherwood Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Vienna Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vienna Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Forest
- Vienna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Cutters Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cutters Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutters Creek
- Donnaha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
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- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Houstonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Harmony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Turnersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- Cool Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Hope was located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Love Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Statesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Needmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Woodleaf
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cleveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barber
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barber is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Ellis Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Mocksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mocksville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
- Shannon Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- Meadowbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Yadkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Pinnacle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Flat Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Capella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Germanton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Quaker Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Fulp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Vade Mecum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Bailey Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
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- Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
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- Walnut Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Siloam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boyden was located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Stony Knoll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Copeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
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- Rusk ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rusk was located in Surry County
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- Pine Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Elkin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elkin Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Mulberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Castle was located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Clingman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- Ronda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Zimmerman ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zimmerman was located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek was located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Roaring River
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Lomax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Traphill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zebra was located in Wilkes County
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- Fletcher ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fletcher was located in Wilkes County
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- Hays
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shacktown, see our County-by-County Page for Shacktown.
Cemeteries Near Shacktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shacktown.
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 Shacktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shacktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Shacktown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Deep Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pilot View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Turners Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forbush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gospel Way Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (293 more) ...
- Chinquapin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Shacktown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shacktown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shacktown, with the one closest to Shacktown listed first.
- Yadkinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wyo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wyo is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Forbush
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forbush is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Pino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Footville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Poindexter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poindexter is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- East Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richmond Hill is also located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Cana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cana is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Lewisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hamptonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Vienna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shacktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shacktown.
Newspapers Published in Shacktown ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shacktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shacktown, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shacktown.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Shacktown:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Yadkin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Alleghany County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Iredell County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Wilkes 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> | 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 Shacktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Shacktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |