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 Whispering Pines (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 Whispering Pines. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Whispering Pines is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham & Person.
Below are the counties that are near Whispering Pines. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whispering Pines:
- Orange County (The home county of Whispering Pines)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Eno
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Eno is located in Orange County
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- Brigadoon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brigadoon is located in Orange County
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- University
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- University is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- University Acres is located in Orange County
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- Piney Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Stoneridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneridge
- Pleasant Green Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Oak Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Hills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Blackwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Carolwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carolwoods is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolwoods
- New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cedar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Alamance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Buena Vista Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estates
- Mebane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Trail
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Trail is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Trail
- Brook Hollow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hollow
- Hawfields
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Florence Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Florence Town is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Town
- Woodlawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Just Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Eli Whitney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eli Whitney is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Whitney
- Melville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Melville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Saxapahaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mandale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mandale is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandale
- Swepsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Prospect Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ridgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Anderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Leasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jericho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Stony Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Fearrington Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Bynum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Cary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Haywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Moncure
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- The American Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Parkwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Bahama
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brassfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Rougemont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nelson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Morrisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Wake Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Youngsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Franklinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Butner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Creedmoor
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Hester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Mount Energy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Berea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Tar River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Wilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Clay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Fairport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford County
- Gibsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Timberlake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cates
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Mount Tirzah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Moriah
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Allens Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Whitt Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Allensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Hicks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ceffo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Hazelwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Dutchess Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchess Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Village
- Pickwick Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pickwick Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
- New Light
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Stony Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Apex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Trail
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Trail is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Meredith Townes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith Townes is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Townes
- Woodbury Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Village
- Method
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Method is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Method
- Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- New Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whispering Pines, see our County-by-County Page for Whispering Pines.
Cemeteries Near Whispering Pines ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whispering Pines.
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 Whispering Pines - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whispering Pines covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Dunagan Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Latta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Partin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Governor Burke Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (114 more) ...
- Rosewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(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 Whispering Pines in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whispering Pines.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whispering Pines, with the one closest to Whispering Pines listed first.
- Blackwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Efland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairntosh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairntosh is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairntosh
- Brassfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brassfield is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield
- Bahama
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Teer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Nelson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Cozart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cozart is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
- Rougemont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cedar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Red Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Red Mountain is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whispering Pines. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whispering Pines.
Newspapers Published in Whispering Pines ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whispering Pines.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whispering Pines, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whispering Pines.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Whispering Pines:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Guilford County
- Person County
- Wake 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whispering Pines) 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 Whispering Pines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |