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 Trinity (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 Trinity. 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 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.
Trinity is located in Union 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 Union County: Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Stanly, Chesterfield (SC) & Lancaster (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Trinity. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trinity:
- Union County (The home county of Trinity)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Altan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Altan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
- Rock Rest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- Carmel Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Carmel Village is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Allens Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wingate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jaars
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jaars is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaars
- Marshville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waxhaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Mineral Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Peachland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Polkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Jones Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jones Creek is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Burnsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Sugar Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Wadesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ansonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Roper ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Morven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morven is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
- Cabarrus County
- Midland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Weddington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matthews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Mint Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pineville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Chantilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
- Charlotte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Stanfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oakboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Locust
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Red Cross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Chester County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Fort Lawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edgemoor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lando
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Great Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chesterfield County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Pageland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Croghan
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ruby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <1>
- Angelus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Angelus is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
- Chesterfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McBee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McBee is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McBee <1>
- Kershaw County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Kershaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Westville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Village is located in Kershaw County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Camp Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Primus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Primus is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
- Elgin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Lancaster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
- Van Wyck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Caskey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Caskey is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Heath Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Irwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Irwin is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Catawba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Roddey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roddey is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
- Roddey has also been known as:
- Coates Tavern
- Lesslie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lesslie is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
- Fort Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rock Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- India Hook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- India Hook is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
- Tega Cay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trinity, see our County-by-County Page for Trinity.
Cemeteries Near Trinity ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trinity.
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 Trinity - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trinity covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Altan Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Zoar UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blakeney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Pageland (SC).
- The Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horne Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2240965 <3>
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeland Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Five Fork Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McWorter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- Suncrest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pageland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Trinity in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trinity.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trinity, with the one closest to Trinity listed first.
- Altan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Altan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
- Tradesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tradesville is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradesville
- Dudley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dudley is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Walkersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Walkersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
- Rock Rest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- New Cut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Cut is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut
- Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Taxahaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Taxahaw is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taxahaw
- White Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Primus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Primus is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
- Waxhaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hornsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hornsboro is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsboro
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wolfville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfville
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stouts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stouts is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trinity. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trinity.
Newspapers Published in Trinity ...
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 Trinity.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trinity, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trinity.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Trinity:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Mecklenburg County
- Stanly County
- Chester County
- Chesterfield County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- York 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trinity) 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 Trinity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |