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 Warrior (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 Warrior. 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.
Warrior is located in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County: Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Watauga & Wilkes.
Below are the counties that are near Warrior. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Warrior:
- Caldwell County (The home county of Warrior)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Patterson
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Patterson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Rufus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rufus is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
- Abingdon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Abingdon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Lenoir
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lenoir is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,911 people
- Former name for Lenoir:
- Tucker's Barn
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenoir <1>
- Cedar Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Cedar Rock has also been known as:
- Cedar Rock village
- Emanuel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Emanuel is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel
- Mulberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Collettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cilley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cilley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cilley
- Gamewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
- Cajah's Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cajah's Mountain is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajah's Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
- Adako
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adako is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adako
- Alexander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Little River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Little River is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Ellendale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ellendale is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Liledoun
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Liledoun is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
- Isenhour Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Isenhour Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isenhour Park
- Millersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Millersville is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
- Taylorsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Taylorsville Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taylorsville Beach is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville Beach
- Fairview Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Vashti
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Rocky Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Brownwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brownwood is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Yates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yates is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Fleetwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Todd
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Obids
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Glendale Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Orion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Avery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Grandfather
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfather
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Seven Devils
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Linville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pineola
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sugar Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Montezuma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Crossnore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Linville Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Banner Elk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stamey Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stamey Town is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamey Town
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Avery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Chesterfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Drexel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Drexel is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
- Rutherford College
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Valdese
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rhodhiss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Connelly Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Morganton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Icard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Calvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Jonas Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hildebran
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- North Hickory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Hickory is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hickory
- Hickory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,473 people
- Long View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Long View is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Viewmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Viewmont is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewmont
- Saint Stephens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Stephens is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
- Advent Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
- Brookford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookford is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Meadow Brook Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Mountain View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Sweetwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetwater is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Fairbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Fairgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairgrove is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Olive Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Olive Grove is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Grove
- Toluca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Toluca is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toluca
- Iredell County
- Brevard ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brevard is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevard
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Henry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Laurel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Ashford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ashford is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Nebo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Patten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Little Switzerland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Altapass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Altapass is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altapass
- Grassy Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Spruce Pine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Penland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Watauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Bamboo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bamboo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Rutherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rutherwood is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherwood
- Stony Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Foscoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shulls Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shulls Mill is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shulls Mill
- Boone
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Deep Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Laxon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Sands
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sands is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Moretz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Moretz is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretz
- Matney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Matney is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Valle Crucis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Ferguson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrix ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrix is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Maple Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Springs is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Boomer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Boomer is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomer
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Purlear
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Purlear is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purlear
- Adley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adley
- Moravian Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Millers Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Wilbar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbar is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbar
- Cricket
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cricket is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
- Carter County (TN)
- Shell Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Creek is located in Carter County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
- Johnson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Trade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Norris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norris is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Warrior, see our County-by-County Page for Warrior.
Cemeteries Near Warrior ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Warrior.
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 Warrior - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Warrior covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Harpertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bellview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview Cemetery
- The Bellview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belleview Cemetery
- Lenoir City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266776 <2>
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rufus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Ridge Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Puette Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edmisten Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Puett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hermon Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Conways Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Houck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Warrior in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Warrior.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Warrior, with the one closest to Warrior listed first.
- Patterson
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Patterson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Lenoir
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lenoir is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,911 people
- Former name for Lenoir:
- Tucker's Barn
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenoir <1>
- Hibriten ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hibriten is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibriten
- Yadkin Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Yadkin Valley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin Valley
- Collettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Emanuel is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel
- Gamewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
- Cilley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cilley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cilley
- Cedar Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Valley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Buffalo Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Cove is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Cove
- Muttenz ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Muttenz is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttenz
- Hartland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,703 people
- Former name for Hudson:
- Hudsonville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
- Kings Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kings Creek is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Upton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Upton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Warrior. See our List of 1890's Communities around Warrior.
Newspapers Published in Warrior ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Warrior.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Warrior, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Warrior.
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 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 Warrior:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Caldwell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Ashe County
- Avery County
- Burke County
- Catawba County
- Cleveland County
- Iredell County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Mitchell County
- Watauga County
- Wilkes County
- Carter County
- Johnson 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Warrior) 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 Warrior, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |