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 Stagecoach Trail (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 Stagecoach Trail. 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 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.
Stagecoach Trail 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 Stagecoach Trail. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stagecoach Trail:
- Alamance County (The home county of Stagecoach Trail)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Mebane
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Brook Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Buena Vista Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Florence Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Hawfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Green Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
- Just Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Haw River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Granite Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Granite Village is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
- Lakeview Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Ridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Stony Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Leasburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Yanceyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Locust Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- West Yanceyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Quick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Bethel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Pittsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Siler City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- The American Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Rougemont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bahama
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Durham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Parkwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Gorman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Brassfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Morrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Butner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Stem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Gibsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whitsett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sedalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Julian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Rudd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Climax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Greensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Lakeview Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Miles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Cheeks Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Jordan Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Efland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Walkers Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Landing
- Carr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- McDade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDade is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Arrowhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Allens Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Timberlake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Mount Tirzah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Hicks Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ceffo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Moriah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Staley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Redcross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Lawsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Reidsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Ruffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stagecoach Trail, see our County-by-County Page for Stagecoach Trail.
Cemeteries Near Stagecoach Trail ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stagecoach Trail.
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 Stagecoach Trail - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stagecoach Trail covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Linwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Graham Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old Eno Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Enoch Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffries Cross Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Temple of Light Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple of Light Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple of Light Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the north of Hillsborough.
- The Temple of Light Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254144 <2>
- Salem Community Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Community Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Community Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Saxapahaw.
- The Salem Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #176187 <2>
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Stagecoach Trail in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stagecoach Trail.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stagecoach Trail, with the one closest to Stagecoach Trail listed first.
- Mebane
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hawfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Haw River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Efland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Swepsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McCray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Hillsborough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Corbett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Corbett is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
- Burlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Teer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Prospect Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Union Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stagecoach Trail. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stagecoach Trail.
Newspapers Published in Stagecoach Trail ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stagecoach Trail.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stagecoach Trail, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stagecoach Trail.
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 Stagecoach Trail:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alamance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Granville 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stagecoach Trail) 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 Stagecoach Trail, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |