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 Tree Haven (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 Tree Haven. 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.
Name Variations for Tree Haven ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Tree Haven: Tree Hvn. (or less commonly used: Tree Havn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Tree Haven is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Buncombe, Haywood, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania & Greenville (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Tree Haven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tree Haven:
- Henderson County (The home county of Tree Haven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Sky Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sky Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
- Timberland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Timberland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Laurel Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hendersonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pinehurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pinehurst is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Mountain Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Balfour
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Balfour is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
- Valley Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Horse Shoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Barker Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barker Heights is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Heights
- Carolina Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carolina Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Village
- Cumberland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland Village is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Willow Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Bend is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Arden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Royal Pines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Royal Pines is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Skyland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Avery Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Busbee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Busbee is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busbee
- Bent Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Biltmore Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Sayles Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sayles Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayles Village
- Enka Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enka Village is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enka Village
- Azalea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Azalea is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Acton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Cruso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cruso is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruso
- Morning Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- West Canton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Lavinia ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lavinia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
- Clyde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Junaluska
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Waynesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- Argura
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Argura is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argura
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Moffitt Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt Hill
- Dendron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
- Lackey Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Town
- Old Fort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Melrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Lynn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Tryon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mill Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Village of Chimney Rock Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
- Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
- Chimney Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lure
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Whitehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Transylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Penrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Brevard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Rosman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Balsam Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Toxaway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Greenville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- Caesars Head
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Caesars Head is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesars Head
- Cleveland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Tigerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gowensville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Travelers Rest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- O'Neal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Berea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Berea is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Chick Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chick Springs is located in Greenville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
- Taylors
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Knob ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knob is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Rocky Bottom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Dacusville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Sunset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Landrum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <1>
- Campobello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gramling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Inman Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
- Inman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Inman is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tree Haven, see our County-by-County Page for Tree Haven.
Cemeteries Near Tree Haven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tree Haven.
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 Tree Haven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tree Haven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- McCarson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mill Pond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beulah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherd Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Forest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sentell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seagle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Fletcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Justus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Tree Haven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tree Haven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tree Haven, with the one closest to Tree Haven listed first.
- Hendersonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Horse Shoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bowman Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowman Bluff is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Bluff
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mills River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Upward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Upward is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
- Fruitland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitland is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Penrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zirconia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blue Ridge is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Baxter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Avery Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avery Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Creek
- Skyland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tree Haven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tree Haven.
Newspapers Published in Tree Haven ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tree Haven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tree Haven, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tree Haven.
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 Tree Haven:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Jackson County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Transylvania County
- Greenville County
- Pickens County
- Spartanburg 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 from Point A (ie- Tree Haven) 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 Tree Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |