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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Stokes Ferry. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stokes Ferry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stokes Ferry, please Contact Us.
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 Stokes Ferry (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 Stokes Ferry. 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 Stokes Ferry ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Stokes Ferry: Stokes Fry. (or less commonly used: Stokes Frry.)
- While the name of this community is Stokes Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Stokes Ferry may originally have been Stoke's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stokes Ferry might be written as Stoke Ferry.
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 southeast 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Stokes Ferry is historic, it would have been located within present day Davidson 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 Davidson County: Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rowan & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Stokes Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stokes Ferry:
- Davidson County (The home county of Stokes Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Handy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Complex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Southmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Silver Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cotton Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Silver Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Linwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Holly Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Jefferson Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Burnsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Ansonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rimer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Midland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Poplar Tent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Abner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <3>
- Wadeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Allreds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Asbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Ether
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Mount Gilead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Star
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jugtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Eleazer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Seagrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Michfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Asheboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yow Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Trinity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Central Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- New Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Richmond County
- Mangum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Gold Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Craven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rockwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crescent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Timbercreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Granite Quarry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trading Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Faith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- New London
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Misenheimer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Badin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albemarle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Plyer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Millingport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Cedar Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Lambert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Norwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stokes Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Stokes Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Stokes Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stokes Ferry.
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 Stokes Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stokes Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Newsom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lanes Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Owens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stanly Gardens Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zoar Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (102 more) ...
- Salem UCC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Stokes Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stokes Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stokes Ferry, with the one closest to Stokes Ferry listed first.
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- New London
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jackson Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Palmerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Handy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Healing Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Healing Springs is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Pinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pinson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinson
- Pool ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pool is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool
- Gold Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plyer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stokes Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stokes Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Stokes Ferry ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stokes Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stokes Ferry, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stokes Ferry.
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 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 Stokes Ferry:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Davidson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Davie County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Stokes Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stokes Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |