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 Tower Gate (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 Tower Gate. 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 and hospitals 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.
Tower Gate 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 Tower Gate. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tower Gate:
- Forsyth County (The home county of Tower Gate)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Bethania Station
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bethania Station is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania Station
- Old Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Town is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Mallard Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mallard Lakes is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Lakes
- Valley View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Valley View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
- Stanleyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanleyville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
- Bethania
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Reynolda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reynolda is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolda
- Alspaugh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Oak Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Crest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Crest
- Creek View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Forest Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hills is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Gum Tree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Wallburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Reedy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Abotts Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Welcome
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Currytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Jefferson Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thomasville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Bermuda Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Advance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pino
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Mocksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Ephesus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Cooleemee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Stokesdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- High Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Guilford College
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Pomona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Allen Jay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Latham Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Latham Town is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Town
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Houstonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Archdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Ellisboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mayodan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Stoneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rowan County
- Needmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Germanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Fulp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Mount Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Walnut Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Capella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Quaker Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Bailey Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Pinnacle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Siloam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pilot Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Rockford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Ararat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Copeland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Stony Knoll
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Black Water
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- East Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Forbush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Wyo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Union Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Courtney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Nebo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Yadkinville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Footville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Peters Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Nettleridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tower Gate, see our County-by-County Page for Tower Gate.
Cemeteries Near Tower Gate ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tower Gate.
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 Tower Gate - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tower Gate covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Bethabara Moravin God's Acre
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forsyth Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ogburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stultz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Montview Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carmichael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Tower Gate in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tower Gate.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tower Gate, with the one closest to Tower Gate listed first.
- Alspaugh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Bethania
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Pfafftown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
- Vienna
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Rural Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Tobaccoville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walkertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dennis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Donnaha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Neatman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Dalton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tower Gate. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tower Gate.
Newspapers Published in Tower Gate ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tower Gate.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tower Gate, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tower Gate.
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 Tower Gate:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Forsyth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Iredell County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Patrick 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 Tower Gate, 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' (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- Tower Gate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |