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 Shady Grove (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 Shady Grove. 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 Shady Grove ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Shady Grove: Shady Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shady Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Grove.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Shady Grove 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 Shady Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Grove:
- Yadkin County (The home county of Shady Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- East Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Richmond Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Yadkinville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Wyo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Courtney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Branon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Footville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Alleghany County
- Roaring Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Arcadia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Gum Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Reedy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Wallburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Currytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Welcome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Abotts Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Pino
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Bermuda Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Advance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Calahaln
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Mocksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ephesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Cooleemee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Donnaha
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Heritage Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- The Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Dozier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Tobaccoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hunters Trace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- Oak Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- River Ridge Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
- Sherwood Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Hunter Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hunter Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Meadows
- King
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dorchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Grapewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Colfax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stokesdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Houstonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Harmony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Olin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Turnersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cool Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Needmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Pinnacle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Flat Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Capella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Neatman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Quaker Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Germanton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vade Mecum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Fulp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Danbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Bailey Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Walnut Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Shoals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Siloam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Rockford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Pine Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Copeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Stony Knoll
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Pilot Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ararat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Black Water
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Clingman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Ronda
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Lomax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Roaring River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Zimmerman ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Traphill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Cana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lambsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Fancy Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grayson County (VA)
- Low Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Ararat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Peters Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Grove.
Cemeteries Near Shady Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Grove.
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 Shady Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Bend Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Bend Friends Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shoals Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Ridge AME Zion Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forbush Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (413 more) ...
- Stony Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friends Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam 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.<2>
While we didn't find Shady Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- East Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shoals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Poindexter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Siloam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Forbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Richmond Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Donnaha
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Pinnacle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Tobaccoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Copeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Yadkinville
(10 miles [16.1 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 Shady Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Grove.
Newspapers Published in Shady Grove ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Grove, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shady Grove.
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 Shady Grove:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Yadkin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Iredell County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Wilkes County
- Carroll County
- Grayson 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> | 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 Shady Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Shady Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |