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 Thomasville (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 Thomasville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Thomasville is located in 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 Thomasville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thomasville:
- Davidson County (The home county of Thomasville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Fair Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Eden ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Holly Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Abotts Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Jefferson Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Welcome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Wallburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Alamance County
- Kimesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Advance
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bermuda Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Ephesus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Mocksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cooleemee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pino
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Horneytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Horneytown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horneytown
- Yorktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yorktown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Beeson Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
- Sedge Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sedge Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedge Garden
- Rosemont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Waughtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waughtown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waughtown
- High Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- Kernersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sun Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
- Christy Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
- Wellington Way
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wellington Way is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Way
- Willowbend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
- Cityview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cityview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cityview
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- High Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Allen Jay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Freeman Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkman Crossroad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Sandy Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Guilford College
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Latham Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Pomona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Pleasant Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Southmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Southmont is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Blaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Abner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Eldorado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Trinity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Archdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Market
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Randleman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Worthville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Mechanic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Central Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Millboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Asheboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redcross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Cedar Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Franklinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- Wittys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Trading Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Yadkin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Morgan Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Craven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Pooletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Shannon Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- East Spencer
(23 miles [37 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
- Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Eastwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood Village is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Village
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mocksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mocksville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Misenheimer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Richfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Fulp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Germanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Pine Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Wyo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thomasville, see our County-by-County Page for Thomasville.
Cemeteries Near Thomasville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomasville.
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 Thomasville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thomasville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Holly Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Johnsontown Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mills Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fair Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Andrews Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Floral Garden Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (148 more) ...
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
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 Thomasville had a population of 789 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Thomasville had a population of 26,713 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thomasville, with the one closest to Thomasville listed first.
- Fair Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
- Light
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Light is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Trinity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jimes ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jimes is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimes
- Archdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- High Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Progress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Glenola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glenola is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenola
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Welcome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cid is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cid
- Freeman Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Jamestown
(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 Thomasville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thomasville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Thomasville ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomasville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Thomasville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Thomasville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Thomasville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> of Thomasville.
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 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 Thomasville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Davidson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Stokes 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> | 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 Thomasville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thomasville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |