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 Stokesdale (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 Stokesdale. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Stokesdale is located in Guilford 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 Guilford County: Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes.
Below are the counties that are near Stokesdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stokesdale:
- Guilford County (The home county of Stokesdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Summerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Scalesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandy Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Guilford College
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Spicewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Pomona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Rudd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Latham Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- White Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Browns Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Altamahaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Ossipee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Elon College
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Glenwood Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Random Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Westbrook Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Westbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Westbrook is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Westview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Country Club Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
- Deerfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Deerfield is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Mark View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mark View is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark View
- The Country
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Country is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Country
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Quick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Wallburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Thomasville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Arcadia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Eden ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Welcome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Holly Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Currytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Davie County
- Bermuda Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Belews Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Pine Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Crims Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Stonewood Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Bonanza Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Kynwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- White Road ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Abington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Cliffwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Greystone Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Smokerise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smokerise is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokerise
- Brinkley Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brinkley Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Estates
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Archdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Redcross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Sophia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Randleman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Ellisboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Wittys Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Madison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mayodan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stoneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Wentworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Reidsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- College Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Pine Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Bailey Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Germanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Neatman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Sandy Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Amostown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Capella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Pilot Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Westfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yadkin County
- East Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Ridgeway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Horse Pasture
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Sandy Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Preston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Irisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Chatmoss
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Nettleridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Critz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Patrick Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stokesdale, see our County-by-County Page for Stokesdale.
Cemeteries Near Stokesdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stokesdale.
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 Stokesdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stokesdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Flat Rock UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Bethel Covenant Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Belews Creek Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eden UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eden UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Ellisboro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989052 <2>
- Eastlawn Gardens of Memory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Gur Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Pine Hall Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Garden Friends Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Stokesdale had a population of 183 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Stokesdale had a population of 5,555 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stokesdale, with the one closest to Stokesdale listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Belews Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Summerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- White Road ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Ellisboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Scalesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Pine Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Walnut Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walkertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kernersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Madison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dennis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stokesdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stokesdale.
Newspapers Published in Stokesdale ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stokesdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stokesdale, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stokesdale.
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 Stokesdale:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Guilford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Henry County
- Patrick County
- Pittsylvania 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stokesdale) 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 Stokesdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |