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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Walks. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Walks to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Walks, please Contact Us.
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 Walks (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 Walks. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Walks is historic, it would have been located within present day Davidson 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 Davidson County: Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rowan & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Walks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walks:
- Davidson County (The home county of Walks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Gum Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Midway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Arcadia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Wallburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Welcome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Reedy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Currytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Abotts Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Jefferson Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Advance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bermuda Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mocksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pino
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Ephesus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Rosemont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rosemont is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Ardmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ardmore is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- Waughtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waughtown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waughtown
- Muddy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Muddy Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek
- East Winston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Winston is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winston
- Westview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Winston - Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clemmons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- North Winston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Winston is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winston
- Reynolda Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reynolda Park is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolda Park
- Cityview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cityview is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cityview
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- High Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Sherwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Jay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Kirkman Crossroad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kirkman Crossroad is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Crossroad
- Guilford College
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Guilford College is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
- Stokesdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Latham Town
(23 miles [37 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 Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Cool Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
- Houstonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Harmony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Turnersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Trinity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Archdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sophia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Randleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Worthville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Ellisboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Gold Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Wittys Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Yadkin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Yadkin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
- Trading Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Ellis Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Shannon Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Spencer is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spencer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,556 people
- Mocksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mocksville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
- Woodleaf
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Forest Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Meadowbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Germanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fulp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Neatman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Walnut Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Mount Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Pinnacle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Capella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Pine Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Flat Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Siloam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Rockford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Pilot Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Huntsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Wyo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- East Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Courtney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Forbush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Union Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Yadkinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Footville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Richmond Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Nebo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Branon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walks, see our County-by-County Page for Walks.
Cemeteries Near Walks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walks.
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 Walks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Old Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Ridge UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkland Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- God's Acre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for God's Acre
- To give a relative sense of its location, the God's Acre is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Winston - Salem.
- The God's Acre has also been known as:
- Salem Moravian Cemetery
- Salem Moravian God's Acre
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2224695 <3>
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Winston - Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #48680 <3>
- Salem Moravian God's Acre Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Westlawn Gardens of Memory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 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.
While we didn't find Walks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walks, with the one closest to Walks listed first.
- Enterprise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Midway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Arcadia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Reedy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Arnold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Welcome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Advance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alspaugh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
- Fulton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Jimes ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jimes is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimes
- Lewisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornatzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornatzer is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornatzer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walks.
Newspapers Published in Walks ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walks, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walks.
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 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 Walks:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Davidson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Iredell County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Walks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |