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 Timbercrest (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 Timbercrest. 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.
Timbercrest 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 Timbercrest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Timbercrest:
- Orange County (The home county of Timbercrest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Oak Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Hills is located in Orange County
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- Summerfield Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Summerfield Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Crossing
- Cedar Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Carolwoods
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Carolwoods is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolwoods
- Stoneridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneridge
- Ashley Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashley Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Forest
- Lake Ellen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ellen is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
- Northwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Northwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Timberlyne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Timberlyne is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlyne
- Blackwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Davie Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Davie Circle is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie Circle
- Eubanks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eubanks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Buena Vista Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Mebane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mandale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Brook Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Stagecoach Trail
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Eli Whitney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Hawfields
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Saxapahaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Florence Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Woodlawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Melville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Sutphin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Anderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Leasburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Cary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Moncure
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brickhaven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Corinth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Farmville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Siler City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- The American Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Brassfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Gorman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Morrisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bahama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rougemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Wake Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Youngsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Butner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Creedmoor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Stem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Hester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Mount Energy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Tar River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Wilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Berea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Clay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Harnett County
- Duncan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Duncan is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Lee County
- Osgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Osgood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Mount Tirzah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Timberlake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moriah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Allens Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Whitt Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Allensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Roxboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Hazelwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Dutchess Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Pickwick Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- Apex
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- New Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Meredith Townes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Method
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Woodbury Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- Stony Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Fairmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmont is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Glenwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Timbercrest, see our County-by-County Page for Timbercrest.
Cemeteries Near Timbercrest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Timbercrest.
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 Timbercrest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Timbercrest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Partin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cheek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCauley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparrows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dunagan Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (115 more) ...
- Riggsbee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Latta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Timbercrest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Timbercrest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Timbercrest, with the one closest to Timbercrest listed first.
- Blackwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Chapel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brassfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Nelson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Efland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairntosh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairntosh is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairntosh
- Teer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Morrisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Bynum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cozart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cozart is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
- Bahama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Timbercrest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Timbercrest.
Newspapers Published in Timbercrest ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Timbercrest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Timbercrest, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Timbercrest.
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 either 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 Timbercrest:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Harnett County
- Lee County
- Person County
- Wake 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 '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- Timbercrest) 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 Timbercrest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |