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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 Vade Mecum (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 Vade Mecum. 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 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.
Vade Mecum is located in Stokes 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 Stokes County: Forsyth, Rockingham, Surry, Henry (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Vade Mecum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vade Mecum:
- Stokes County (The home county of Vade Mecum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Capella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Quaker Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Danbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Lawsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Mount Olive
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Neatman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Aarons Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Gum Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Wallburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Davie County
- Bermuda Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- King
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bannertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Chestnut Trails
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- The Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Rural Hall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tobaccoville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Creek View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Donnaha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Stanleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stanleyville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
- Temora Lake Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Temora Lake Estates is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temora Lake Estates
- Dennis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Stokesdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scalesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Sandy Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mayodan
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Stoneville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Matrimony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wittys Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Wentworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Westfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Albion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Mount Herman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Holly Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Ararat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Sheltontown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Flat Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Pine Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- East Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Forbush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Nebo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Boonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Yadkinville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Courtney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Cana
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pike City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Nester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Gladesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Fancy Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lambsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Henry County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Horse Pasture
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Preston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Ridgeway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bassett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stanleytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Martinsville City (VA)
- Martinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Peters Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Nettleridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Stuart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Patrick Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ararat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Critz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Meadows of Dan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Woolwine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Charity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vade Mecum, see our County-by-County Page for Vade Mecum.
Cemeteries Near Vade Mecum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vade Mecum.
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 Vade Mecum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vade Mecum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Flat Top Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Keaton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Orchard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Vaden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- George Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marshall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tucker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Frye Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rierson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bondurant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (520 more) ...
- Thore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sizemore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Vade Mecum in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vade Mecum.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vade Mecum, with the one closest to Vade Mecum listed first.
- Quaker Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Danbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Francisco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Francisco is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Neatman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Campbell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Westfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pinnacle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Palmetto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Palmetto is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Dillard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dillard is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Prestonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Prestonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonville
- Peters Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Tobaccoville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vade Mecum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vade Mecum.
Newspapers Published in Vade Mecum ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vade Mecum.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vade Mecum, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vade Mecum.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Vade Mecum:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Stokes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Rockingham County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Henry County
- Martinsville City
- 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> | 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 Vade Mecum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Vade Mecum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |