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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 Statesville (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 Statesville. 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 Statesville ...

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.

In past government published Postal Guides, Statesville was referred to as Statesville Courthouse.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Statesville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Statesville.

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.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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 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.

Statesville is located in Iredell County and is the County Seat.

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 Iredell County: Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan & Yadkin.

Below are the counties that are near Statesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Statesville:

  • Iredell County     (The home county of Statesville)
  • Alexander County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.
    • Stony Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairview Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairview Park is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
    • Hiddenite
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Midway is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Rocky Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
    • Isenhour Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Isenhour Park is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isenhour Park
    • Millersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Millersville is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
    • Taylorsville Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Taylorsville Beach is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville Beach
    • Taylorsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Vashti
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Liledoun
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Liledoun is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
    • Bethlehem
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Bethlehem is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
  • Burke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.
    • Hildebran
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Rhodhiss
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Cabarrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.
    • Fisher Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
    • Tulin ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
    • Cannon Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Poplar Tent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
    • Concord
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.
    • Concord ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Concord is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Downsville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Downsville is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
    • Northlakes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Northlakes is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlakes
    • Draco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Granite Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Catawba County
  • Davidson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.
    • Tyro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lakeview is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Davie County
  • Gaston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.
    • Lucia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Alexis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lincoln County
  • Mecklenburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.
    • River View ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • River View is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
    • Davidson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cornelius
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Huntersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Croft
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Rowan County
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.
    • Zimmerman ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • New Castle ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
    • Clingman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Moravian Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Boomer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Boomer is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomer
    • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
    • Roaring River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
    • Fletcher ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fletcher is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
    • Wilkesboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Adley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Henderson ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Henderson is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
    • North Wilkesboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Yadkin County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Statesville, see our County-by-County Page for Statesville.

Cemeteries Near Statesville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Statesville.

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 Statesville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Statesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.

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 Statesville had a population of 2,318 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Statesville had a population of 28,045 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Statesville, with the one closest to Statesville listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Statesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Statesville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Statesville ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Statesville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Statesville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Statesville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Statesville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Statesville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Statesville:

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 from Point A (ie- Statesville) 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 Statesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.