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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wilson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wilson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wilson, 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 Wilson (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 Wilson. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Wilson is historic, it would have been located within present day Cleveland 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 Cleveland County: Burke, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford, Cherokee (SC) & York (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Wilson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilson:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Wilson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Beam Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beam Mill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beam Mill
- Fallston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Stubbs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Lawndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belwood is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
- Elizabeth City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Light Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
- Briarwood Townhouses
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
- Shelby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Village Square Townhouses
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Campcall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Camp Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Enola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Enola is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Hildebran
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yellow Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Gap is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Gap
- Icard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Connelly Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Valdese
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brindletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brindletown is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindletown
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Rutherford College
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rollins ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rollins is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Northlakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Northlakes is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlakes
- Concord ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Granite Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Baton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Baton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baton
- Sawmills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sawmills is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,156 people
- Catawba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Banoak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Banoak is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
- Cooksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Plateau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plateau is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Propst Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Propst Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propst Crossroads
- Blackburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Rhoney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoney is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoney
- Advent Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
- Maiden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Providence Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Mill is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Mill
- Mountain View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Duan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duan is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duan
- Startown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Startown is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Dellview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Cherryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Tryon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Bessemer City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- High Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- High Shoals is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Dallas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gastonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- South Gastonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Alexis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alexis is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Ranlo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ranlo is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,708 people
- Smyre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Smyre is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre
- Spencer Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain
- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Hulls Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Crouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Henry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Henry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Laurel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Vale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lincolnton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boger City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
- Iron Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Iron Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Station
- Machpelah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Denver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lowesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- McDowell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Patten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patten is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
- Vein Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Mecklenburg County
- River View ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- River View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Hollis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hollis is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Ellenboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Six Points
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Caroleen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Sunshine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Washburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Washburn is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Henrietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Bostic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sandy Mush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Alexander Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Forest City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Cherokee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Blacksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kings Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Gaffney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chesnee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Spartanburg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Brooklyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Mayo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Bowling Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clover
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zadok is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Filbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Hickory Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilson, see our County-by-County Page for Wilson.
Cemeteries Near Wilson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilson.
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 Wilson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- New Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Capernaum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ross Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Community Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Side Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mooney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royster Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Hullender Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethphage Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warlick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Wilson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilson, with the one closest to Wilson listed first.
- Beam Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beam Mill is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beam Mill
- Waco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waco is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Fallston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stubbs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Double Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Double Shoals is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Shoals
- Cherryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belwood is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Orleans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Shelby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hulls Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Campcall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Campcall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
- Toluca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Toluca is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toluca
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilson.
Newspapers Published in Wilson ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilson, 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 Wilson.
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 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 Wilson:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Caldwell County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rutherford County
- Cherokee County
- Spartanburg County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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 Wilson, 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' (or 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- Wilson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |