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 Union Hill (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 Union Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Union Hill is located in Surry 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 Surry County: Alleghany, Forsyth, Stokes, Wilkes, Yadkin, Carroll (VA), Grayson (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Union Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Union Hill:
- Surry County (The home county of Union Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Devotion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Mountain Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Thurmond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zephyr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- State Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Low Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dobson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Round Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Elkin Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Elkin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Alexander County
- Vashti
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Roaring Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Glade Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Edmonds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Laurel Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Scottville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Piney Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Topia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Transou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Glendale Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wagoner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Crumpler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Obids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Weavers Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Orion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Grassy Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Heritage Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Donnaha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- The Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- King
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tobaccoville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dozier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Union Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Houstonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Love Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Pinnacle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Traphill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Lomax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Ronda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Abshers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Roaring River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Clingman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- Dehart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Hays
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Jonesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Rena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Swan Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Boonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Richmond Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Marler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Union Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Branon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Lambsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Pipers Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Cana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gladesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Hillsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Nester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Sheep Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Low Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Independence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fries
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Elk Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Ararat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Wythe County (VA)
- Ivanhoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Union Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Union Hill.
Cemeteries Near Union Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union Hill.
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 Union Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Union Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Union Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mountain Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mountain Park.
- The Mountain Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Park Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197374 <2>
- Rocky Ford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- State Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Center Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zephyr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem Fork Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (559 more) ...
- Bessies Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knobs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Union Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Union Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Union Hill, with the one closest to Union Hill listed first.
- Devotion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- State Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ladonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ladonia is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Austin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Benham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Benham is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
- Cherry Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Traphill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lomax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Elkin Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Dobson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Round Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Joynes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Joynes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joynes
- Elkin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Union Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Union Hill.
Newspapers Published in Union Hill ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Union Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Union Hill.
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 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 Union Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Surry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Forsyth County
- Iredell County
- Stokes County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Patrick County
- Wythe 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 Union Hill, 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 from Point A (ie- Union Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |