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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 Wellington Way (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 Wellington Way. 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 doctors 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.

Wellington Way is located in Forsyth 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 Forsyth County: Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry & Yadkin.

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

  • Forsyth County     (The home county of Wellington Way)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • Talleys Crossing
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Talleys Crossing is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleys Crossing
    • Timber Trails
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Timber Trails is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
    • High Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • High Meadows is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
    • Christy Acres
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Christy Acres is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy Acres
    • Hampstead
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Hampstead is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
    • Sun Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sun Meadows is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Meadows
    • Willowbend
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Willowbend is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbend
    • Guthrie
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Guthrie is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
    • Applegate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Applegate is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegate
    • Dilhast
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Dilhast is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilhast
    • Emorywood Estates
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Emorywood Estates is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emorywood Estates
    • Beeson Crossroads
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Beeson Crossroads is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Crossroads
  • Davidson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • Wallburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Abotts Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
    • Gum Tree
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
    • Bethany ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Bethany is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Midway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Midway is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
    • Thomasville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Arcadia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Arcadia is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Welcome
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Fair Grove is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Grove
    • Reedy Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
    • Eden ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Eden is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Currytown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Currytown is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
  • Davie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • Bermuda Run
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Advance
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pino
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Pino is located in Davie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
    • Mocksville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ephesus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ephesus is located in Davie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
  • Guilford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • Colfax
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sandy Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • Oak Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Stokesdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • High Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Guilford College
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Guilford College is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford College
    • Summerfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jamestown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherwood Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
    • Pomona
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Pomona is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
    • Fairfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Fairfield is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Allen Jay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • Archdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Trinity
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • New Market
      (24 miles [38.6 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Redcross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Redcross is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
    • Worthville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Worthville is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
    • Millboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Millboro is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • Ellisboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
    • Gold Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Wittys Crossroads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
    • Madison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mayodan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Shiloh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shiloh is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Stoneville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Norwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwood is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
    • Wentworth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
    • Belmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Belmont is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Providence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Providence is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Reidsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stokes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • Fulp
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Fulp is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
    • Germanton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bailey Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
    • Pine Hall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Neatman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Neatman is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
    • Meadows
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Meadows is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
    • Mount Olive
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Quaker Gap
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
    • Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
    • Capella
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Capella is located in Stokes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
    • Danbury
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Surry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • Boyden ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Boyden is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
    • Shoals
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Shoals is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
    • Pilot Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Siloam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Siloam is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • 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
    • Westfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Yadkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wellington Way, with the one closest to Wellington Way listed first.
    • East Bend
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Huntsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
    • Forbush
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Forbush is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
    • Wyo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Wyo is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
    • Union Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Courtney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Courtney is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
    • Richmond Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
    • Mount Pleasant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Nebo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Nebo is located in Yadkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Yadkinville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Wellington Way ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wellington Way.

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 Wellington Way - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Gur Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Eastlawn Gardens of Memory
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mecum Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Piedmont Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Gardens of Memory Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Garden of Memories Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • God's Acre
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • 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 Moravian God's Acre Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Happy Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (275 more) ...

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 Wellington Way in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wellington Way.

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

  • Kernersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Walkertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Colfax
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • White Road ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • White Road is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Road
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Salem is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Dennis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Dennis is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Sedges Garden ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedges Garden is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedges Garden
  • Alspaugh
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Alspaugh is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alspaugh
  • Oak Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Belews Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
  • Friendship
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Guilford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Deep River
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Stokesdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethany ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Bethany is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Midway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Midway is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people

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

Newspapers Published in Wellington Way ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wellington Way.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wellington Way, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wellington Way.

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 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 Wellington Way:

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>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- Wellington Way) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Wellington Way, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.