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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 Teer (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 Teer. 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.

Teer is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.

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

  • Orange County     (The home county of Teer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Oaks is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
    • Orange Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Orange Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Dodsons Crossroads
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
    • Calvander
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Calvander is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvander
    • Laurel Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Laurel Springs is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Springs
    • Rangewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rangewood is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangewood
    • Cheeks Crossroads
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
    • Garland Acres
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Garland Acres is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Acres
    • Carrboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Eubanks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Eubanks is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
    • Manor Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Manor Hill is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
    • Miles
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Miles is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
  • Alamance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • Eli Whitney
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
    • Saxapahaw
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Melville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Melville is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
    • Mandale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Mandale is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
    • Brook Hollow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
    • Buena Vista Estates
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
    • Hawfields
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hawfields is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
    • Swepsonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
    • Sutphin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sutphin is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
    • Cooper Estates
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
    • Florence Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Florence Town is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
    • Maple Grove Acres
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Maple Grove Acres is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Acres
  • Caswell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • Prospect Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
    • Anderson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Anderson is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Jericho
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jericho is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
    • Ridgeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
    • Stony Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Leasburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Ashland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ashland is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Locust Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • Bynum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bynum is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
    • Fearrington Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
    • Pittsboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Siler City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Moncure
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Bonlee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonlee is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
    • Bear Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
    • Goldston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Haywood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Haywood is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Farmville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Cary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cary is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Gulf
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Gulf is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
  • Durham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • The American Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • The American Village is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
    • Durham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Parkwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Parkwood is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
    • Brassfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Brassfield is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
    • Nelson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Nelson is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Gorman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Gorman is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
    • Morrisville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bahama
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rougemont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hampton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hampton is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
  • Granville County
    • Butner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Guilford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • Gibsonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Whitsett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedalia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Sedalia is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
    • Julian
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • McLeansville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Oaks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
    • Climax
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Garden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • Cumnock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Cumnock is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnock
    • Osgood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Osgood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
    • Colon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Colon is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
    • Glenwood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Glenwood Village is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
    • Green Valley Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Wildwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Wildwood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Person County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • Hurdle Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Cates
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cates is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
    • Allens Level
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Allens Level is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
    • Timberlake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Tirzah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
    • Roseville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Roseville is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Moriah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Moriah is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
    • Whitt Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitt Town is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • Liberty
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Staley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Melanchton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Melanchton is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
    • Redcross
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Redcross is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
    • Ramseur
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklinville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Coleridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Coleridge is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
  • Wake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer listed first.
    • New Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Apex
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Apex is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <1>
    • Dutchess Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
    • Hazelwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hazelwood is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
    • Indian Trail
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Trail is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
    • Hollemans Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollemans Crossroads
      • Former names for Hollemans Crossroads:
      • Collins
      • Enno
    • Meredith Townes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
    • Pickwick Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
    • Holly Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Teer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Teer.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Teer, with the one closest to Teer 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 in 1895, Teer had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Oaks is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
  • Saxapahaw
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sutphin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutphin is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
  • Hawfields
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hawfields is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
  • Swepsonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
  • Mebane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mebane is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mebane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mebane <1>
  • Blackwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Blackwood is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
  • Efland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Chapel Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Hillsborough
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Haw River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Snow Camp
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Graham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Graham is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,766 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <1>
    • Bynum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bynum is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
    • Rock Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Teer ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Teer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Teer, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Teer.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Teer:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Teer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Teer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.