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 Staley (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 Staley. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Staley is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Staley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Staley:
- Randolph County (The home county of Staley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Melanchton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Ramseur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Cedar Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Coleridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Millboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Central Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Worthville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Randleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Asheboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Market
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Snow Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Rock Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Sutphin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Eli Whitney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Mandale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Alamance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Bellemont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bellemont is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Pickwood Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
- Saxapahaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Country
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Quail Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Siler City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bear Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Goldston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carbonton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Gulf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Bynum
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Farmville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Moncure
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Eden ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fair Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Thomasville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Julian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Climax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Pleasant Garden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sedalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Whitsett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gibsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Kirkman Crossroad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- McLeansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Southmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Greensboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Cumnock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cumnock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
- Wildwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Glenwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
- Green Valley Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Colon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colon is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
- Osgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Western Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Western Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Sanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tramway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tramway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Asbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Allreds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Ether
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Abner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Star
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Jugtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Parkwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Parkwood is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Robbins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Teer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Orange Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Orange Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Dodsons Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Rangewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rangewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
- Calvander
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calvander is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
- Cheeks Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Laurel Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Springs
- Miles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Carrboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dogwood Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
- Spring Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Lakeview Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Staley, see our County-by-County Page for Staley.
Cemeteries Near Staley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Staley.
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 Staley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Staley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Olivers Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McMasters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old McMasters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Holly Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Amose Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kildee Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Liberty.
- The Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713812 <2>
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (97 more) ...
- Old Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Knoll Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll Cemetery
- The Sunset Knoll Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Christian Church Cemetery
- Ramseur Cemetery
- Sunset Knoll Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48889 <2>
- Chatham Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Staley had a population of 247 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Staley had a population of 401 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Staley, with the one closest to Staley listed first.
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ramseur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Siler City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grays Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grays Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Chapel
- Snow Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Julian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Silk Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
- Kimesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Coleridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Millboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Central Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Climax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Worthville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Staley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Staley.
Newspapers Published in Staley ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Staley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Staley, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Staley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Staley:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Guilford County
- Lee County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Orange 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- Staley) 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 Staley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |