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 Wilgrove (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 Wilgrove. 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 and doctors 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.
Wilgrove is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County : Cabarrus , Gaston , Iredell , Lincoln , Union , Lancaster (SC) & York (SC) .
Below are the counties that are near Wilgrove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilgrove:
Mecklenburg County (The home county of Wilgrove)
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Mint Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Allen (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Allen is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Newell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Matthews (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Chantilly (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly Providence ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Providence is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Belmont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Charlotte (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Biddleville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville Greenville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Wilmore (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Dalton Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village Yorkmont (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont Anson County
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Burnsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Burnsville is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville Peachland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Roper ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Roper is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Sugar Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Sugar Town is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town Polkton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Polkton is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
Mineral Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mineral Springs is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs Cabarrus County
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Midland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Harrisburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Bosts Mill ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill Georgeville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Cannon Crossroads (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
Cannon Cross Roads Cannon's Crossroads Wallace Cross Roads Wallace Crossroads Concord (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Poplar Tent (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent Tulin ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Tulin is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin Mount Pleasant (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Fisher Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town Rimer (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Rimer is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer Gaston County
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Belmont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Brown Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Brown Town is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town Mount Holly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Lucia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Catawba ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Catawba is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Cramerton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Woodland ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Woodland is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland McAdenville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Lowell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Begonia ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Begonia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia Spencer Mountain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
Ranlo (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Ranlo is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
Smyre (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Smyre is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre Iredell County
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Mount Mourne (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne Mooresville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mayhew (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Mayhew is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew Mazeppa (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Mazeppa is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa Doolie (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Doolie is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Lowesville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lowesville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville Westport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Westport is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Triangle ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Triangle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Machpelah (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Machpelah is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah Denver (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Kannapolis (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Enochville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Enochville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville North Kannapolis (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis Corriher Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights Landis (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
China Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Five Forks (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Five Forks is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks Five Points (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Five Points is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Harts ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Harts is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Shupings Mill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill Harris Chapel (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel Garfield ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Garfield is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Gold Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Stanly County
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Locust (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Stanfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Red Cross (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Red Cross is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
Oakboro (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Lambert (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Lambert is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Bloomington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Bloomington is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington Millingport (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Millingport is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport Plyer (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Plyer is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer Cedar Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Cedar Village is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village Albemarle (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Misenheimer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Misenheimer is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
Richfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
New London (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Stallings (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Hemby Bridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hemby Bridge is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
Indian Trail (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Lake Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Lake Park is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
Fairview (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Fairview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
Unionville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Unionville is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
Wesley Chapel (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
White Oak (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
White Oak is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Monroe (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Marvin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Marvin is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
Carmel Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Carmel Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village Mineral Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Fairfield (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Lancaster County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Colonial Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Camp Cox (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox Indian Land (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Van Wyck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Springdell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Springdell is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell Camp Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek York County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Fort Mill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Riverview (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Riverview is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Lake Wylie (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Tega Cay (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
India Hook (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
India Hook is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook Catawba (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Lesslie (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Lesslie is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie Rock Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Roddey (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Roddey is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey Roddey has also been known as:
Coates Tavern Newport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Newport is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Bowling Green (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilgrove, see our County-by-County Page for Wilgrove .
Cemeteries Near Wilgrove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilgrove.
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 Wilgrove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilgrove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Logan Chapel CME Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Sunset Memory Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Rice Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery The Rice Cemetery has also been known as:
Hartt Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Charlotte Memorial Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Sharon Memorial Park (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Ira V. Ferguson Memorial Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Plaza Road Baptist Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Evergreen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Evergreen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Newell Baptist Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (147 more) ...
Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ritch Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Emmanuel Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Wilgrove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilgrove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilgrove, with the one closest to Wilgrove listed first.
Burdett ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the east)
Burdett is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett Mint Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Kingwood ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Kingwood is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood Hoods ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Hoods is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Matthews (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Pioneer Mills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Pioneer Mills is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mills Newell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Eastfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Eastfield is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastfield Monteith ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Monteith is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith Sardis (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Sardis is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Indian Trail (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Harrisburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Derita (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Derita is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derita Charlotte (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Stouts (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Stouts is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilgrove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilgrove .
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 either 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 Wilgrove:
Websites specific to North Carolina Pages specific to Mecklenburg County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anson County Cabarrus County Gaston County Iredell County Lincoln County Rowan County Stanly County Union County Lancaster County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilgrove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Mecklenburg County: https://www.mecknc.gov/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Wilgrove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.