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 Teaguetown (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 Teaguetown. 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.
Teaguetown is located in Forsyth 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 Forsyth County: Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Teaguetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Teaguetown:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Teaguetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Horneytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Sedge Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- High Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Kernersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sun Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Christy Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Timber Trails
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Timber Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Wellington Way
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wellington Way is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Way
- Willowbend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
- Waughtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waughtown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waughtown
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Abotts Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Wallburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Gum Tree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Midway
(8 miles [12.9 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Welcome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eden ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Arcadia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Holly Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Jefferson Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Advance
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pino
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Mocksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ephesus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Cooleemee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allen Jay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Oak Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford College
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Kirkman Crossroad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Pomona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Freeman Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Latham Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Archdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Market
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Randleman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Redcross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Central Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Millboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Mechanic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Asheboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Wittys Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Ellisboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mayodan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Trading Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Yadkin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Shannon Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- Ellis Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- East Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Spencer is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spencer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Fulp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Germanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Cove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Pine Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Neatman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Mount Olive
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- 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
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Capella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Danbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Wyo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- East Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forbush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Courtney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Union Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Teaguetown, see our County-by-County Page for Teaguetown.
Cemeteries Near Teaguetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Teaguetown.
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 Teaguetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Teaguetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Abbotts Creek MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abbotts Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186163 <2>
- Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Piedmont Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Floral Garden Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Memorial Park
- Oakwood Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48279 <2>
- Old Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deep River Friends Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Eastlawn Gardens of Memory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Gur Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Teaguetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Teaguetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Teaguetown, with the one closest to Teaguetown listed first.
- Kernersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deep River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midway
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Walkertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thomasville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Archdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Trinity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Teaguetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Teaguetown.
Newspapers Published in Teaguetown ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Teaguetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Teaguetown, 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 Teaguetown.
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 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 Teaguetown:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin 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' (or 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- Teaguetown) 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 Teaguetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |