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 Shumont (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 Shumont. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Shumont is located in Buncombe 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 Buncombe County: Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, Transylvania & Yancey.
Below are the counties that are near Shumont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shumont:
- Buncombe County (The home county of Shumont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Fairview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Black Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgecrest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swannanoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montreat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Walkertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Walkertown is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Azalea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Arden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Busbee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Royal Pines
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Skyland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Brindletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Linville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Linville is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Parkhill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parkhill is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Bat Cave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bearwallow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Gerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Baxter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Dana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- U-No
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- U-No is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for U-No
- Carolina Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carolina Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Village
- Cumberland Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Balfour
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Mountain Home
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Naples
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Naples is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Ivy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Mars Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Moffitt Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Old Fort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lackey Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Dendron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Sugar Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Greenlee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Providence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Vein Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Glenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- West Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Marion
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Mitchell County
- Grassy Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Mill Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lynn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Melrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Tryon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Lure
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Green Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Thermal City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal City
- Union Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ruth
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Rutherfordton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bakersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Penrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Pisgah Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yancey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Hamrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
- Murchison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Murchison is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
- Celo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Celo is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celo
- Pensacola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pensacola is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Low Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Low Gap is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Burnsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Micaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Newdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Newdale is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Gowensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Tigerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Landrum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
- Campobello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Fingerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gramling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Inman Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
- Inman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Inman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shumont, see our County-by-County Page for Shumont.
Cemeteries Near Shumont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shumont.
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 Shumont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shumont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Connor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Bat Cave.
- Temple of Jesus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Nebo Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bills Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Edneyville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coopers Gap Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns MB Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Antioch Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Cove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (361 more) ...
- Davistown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cane Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Fairview.
- The Cane Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47042 <3>
- Pittillo Lanning Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Shumont in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shumont.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shumont, with the one closest to Shumont listed first.
- Bat Cave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chimney Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bearwallow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bearwallow is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Uree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Uree is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uree
- Fairview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Poplar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Blue Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Black Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Baxter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Old Fort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Swannanoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dendron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Green Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shumont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shumont.
Newspapers Published in Shumont ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shumont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shumont, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shumont.
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 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 Shumont:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Buncombe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Henderson County
- Madison County
- McDowell County
- Mitchell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Transylvania County
- Yancey County
- Greenville County
- Spartanburg 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> | 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- Shumont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Shumont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |