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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Weatherspon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Weatherspon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Weatherspon, 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 Weatherspon (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 Weatherspon. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Weatherspon is historic, it would have been located within present day Wilkes 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 Wilkes County: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Surry, Watauga & Yadkin.

Below are the counties that are near Weatherspon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weatherspon:

  • Wilkes County     (The home county of Weatherspon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Clingman
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Clingman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
    • Ronda
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
    • Roaring River
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
    • New Castle ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
    • Lomax
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lomax is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
    • Zimmerman ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Zebra ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Zebra is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
    • Traphill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hays
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Fletcher ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Fletcher is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
  • Alexander County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Vashti
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Vashti is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
    • Rocky Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
    • Hiddenite
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Midway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Midway is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Stony Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Stony Point is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Fairview Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairview Park is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
    • Taylorsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Isenhour Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Isenhour Park is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isenhour Park
    • Liledoun
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Liledoun is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
    • Ellendale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ellendale is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
    • Millersville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Millersville is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
  • Alleghany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Roaring Gap
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Glade Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hooker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Hooker is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Sparta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sparta is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <2>
    • Edmonds
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
    • Ennice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Laurel Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Amelia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Amelia is located in Alleghany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
    • Scottville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Transou
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Transou is located in Ashe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
    • Glendale Springs
      (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
    • Wagoner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wagoner is located in Ashe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
  • Davie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Pino
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pino is located in Davie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
    • Calahaln
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Calahaln is located in Davie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
    • Mocksville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bermuda Run
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Donnaha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
    • Cinnamon Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
    • Grapewood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
    • Heritage Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
    • River Ridge Run
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
    • Dozier
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Dozier is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
    • Eaglewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
    • Hunters Trace
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
    • Lewisville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Robin Hood Trace
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Robin Hood Trace is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Trace
    • Sherwood Forest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
    • Dorchester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Iredell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Union Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • New Hope ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • New Hope is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Love Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Houstonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Houstonville is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
    • Harmony
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Olin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Olin is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
    • Turnersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
    • Brevard ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Brevard is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevard
    • Cool Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
    • Scotts
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Scotts is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
    • Statesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Belmont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Belmont is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Rowan County
    • Pittsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Stokes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Pinnacle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Flat Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Elkin Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
    • Elkin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • State Road
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mulberry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mulberry is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • Rusk ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rusk is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Thurmond
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Mountain Park is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
    • Zephyr
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Zephyr is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
    • Fairview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairview is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Rockford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Rockford is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
    • Stony Knoll
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
    • Devotion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Devotion is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
  • Yadkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Swan Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
    • Arlington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Arlington is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Jonesville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rena
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Rena is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
    • Cycle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cycle is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
    • Marler
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Marler is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
    • Boonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Windsors Crossroads
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Windsors Crossroads is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsors Crossroads
    • Branon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Branon is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
    • Hamptonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nebo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Nebo is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Yadkinville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Carroll County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Lambsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Drenn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
    • Cana
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pipers Gap
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
  • Grayson County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.
    • Low Gap
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
    • Baywood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weatherspon, see our County-by-County Page for Weatherspon.

Cemeteries Near Weatherspon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weatherspon.

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 Weatherspon - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weatherspon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.

  • Swan Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Brier Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Arlington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jonesville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fall Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Island Ford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Swaims Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (275 more) ...
    • Grassy Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Long Bottom Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.

While we didn't find Weatherspon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Weatherspon.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Weatherspon, with the one closest to Weatherspon listed first.

  • Clingman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clingman is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
  • Swan Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
  • Ronda
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jonesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkin Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
  • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
  • Benham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Benham is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
  • Rena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rena is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
  • Dellaplane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Dellaplane is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellaplane
  • New Castle ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
  • Marler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Marler is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Longtown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Longtown is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
    • Austin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Austin is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • State Road
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weatherspon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weatherspon.

Newspapers Published in Weatherspon ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weatherspon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weatherspon, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weatherspon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Weatherspon:

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 Weatherspon, 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Weatherspon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.