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 Summerfield (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 Summerfield. 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 doctors and 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.
Summerfield 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 Summerfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Summerfield:
- Guilford County (The home county of Summerfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Scalesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Stokesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Guilford College
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Spicewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spicewood is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
- Fairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rudd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Pomona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- White Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Sandy Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Browns Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Altamahaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Ossipee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Westbrook Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Westbrook Forest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Forest
- Elon College
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elon
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Acres
- Random Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Random Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
- Westbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westbrook is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Westview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westview is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Alamance Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alamance Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance Acres
- Country Club Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Country Club Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Acres
- Deerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deerfield is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- The Country
(23 miles [37 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 Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Quick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Stony Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Locust Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Jericho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Wallburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 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 southwest)
- Fair Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Eden ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Welcome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Reedy Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Benefit ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Benefit is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
- Pine Knolls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Stonewood Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Applegate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Applegate is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
- Cliffwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood
- Belews Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Bonanza Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bonanza Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Hills
- Crims Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Emorywood Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
- Greystone Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greystone Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Forest
- Kimberly Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kimberly Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Acres
- Kynwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kynwood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kynwood
- White Road ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Archdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trinity
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Redcross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- New Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Randleman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Millboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Worthville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Melanchton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Central Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Gold Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Ellisboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Mayodan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Reidsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wentworth
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Stoneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Providence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- College Village
(19 miles [30.6 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 Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Pine Hall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fulp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Bailey Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Walnut Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Germanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Neatman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Danbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Amostown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Oak Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Quaker Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Ridgeway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sandy Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Horse Pasture
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Irisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Patrick County (VA)
- Nettleridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- 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 Summerfield, see our County-by-County Page for Summerfield.
Cemeteries Near Summerfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summerfield.
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 Summerfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Summerfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Flat Rock UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Wesleyan Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Bethel Covenant Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westminster Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pisgah UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Garden Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Phibbs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Midway UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Cone Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Summerfield had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Summerfield had a population of 11,502 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Summerfield, with the one closest to Summerfield listed first.
- Hillsdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Scalesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stokesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Guilford College
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Colfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pomona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Greensboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Browns Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Belews Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- White Road ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- White Road is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
- Monroeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monroeton is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeton
- Kernersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Summerfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summerfield.
Newspapers Published in Summerfield ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Summerfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Summerfield, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Summerfield.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Summerfield:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Guilford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Davidson County
- Forsyth County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes 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> | 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 Summerfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summerfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |