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 Sherwood Forest (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 Sherwood Forest. 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 Sherwood Forest ...
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 Sherwood Forest: Sherwood Frst.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sherwood Forest. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sherwood Forest.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Sherwood Forest is located in Alamance 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 Alamance County: Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Sherwood Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherwood Forest:
- Alamance County (The home county of Sherwood Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Glen Raven
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glen Raven is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Raven
- Birchwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Birchwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- British Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- British Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for British Acres
- Rockwood Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Acres
- Jackson Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jackson Park is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Park
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Alamance Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Alamance Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance Acres
- Country Club Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Country Club Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Forest
- Central Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central Heights is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Heights
- Country Club Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
- Elon College
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Stony Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Ashland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Locust Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Prospect Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Quick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- West Yanceyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Ridgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Yanceyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Pelham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Leasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Siler City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bynum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Durham County
- The American Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Gibsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Browns Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rudd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Forest Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Cumberland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- White Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Greensboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spicewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Julian
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Lakeview Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Cheeks Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Miles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Carr
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Cedar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Efland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- McDade
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Stagecoach Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Walkers Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Teer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Cates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Redcross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Melanchton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Staley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Millboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Randleman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Ramseur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Franklinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Central Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- New Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Norwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ruffin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Wentworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- College Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Gold Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Draper ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Eden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Meadow Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Providence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sherwood Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Sherwood Forest.
Cemeteries Near Sherwood Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherwood Forest.
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 Sherwood Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sherwood Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Magnolia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Northlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alamance Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friedens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Linwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belmount Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Graham Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- Underwood - Boswell Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leath-Kernodle-Hornbuckle Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Harmon Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Sherwood Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sherwood Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Elon College
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gibsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Altamahaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McCray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Haw River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Swepsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Stony Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- McLeansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hawfields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Kimesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Lenox Castle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherwood Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherwood Forest.
Newspapers Published in Sherwood Forest ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherwood Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherwood Forest, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherwood Forest.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sherwood Forest:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alamance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sherwood Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sherwood Forest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |