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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wind Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wind Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wind Hill, 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 Wind Hill (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 Wind Hill. 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 and 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 Wind Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Davidson 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 Davidson County: Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rowan & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Wind Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wind Hill:
- Davidson County (The home county of Wind Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Handy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Complex
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Denton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Silver Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Silver Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Cedar Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Southmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Cotton Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Holly Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Linwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Eden ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Anson County
- Roper ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rimer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Davie County
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Allen Jay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Allen Jay is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Jay
- Sherwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sherwood Village is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Village
- High Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Freeman Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman Mill is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Mill
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Abner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Allreds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Troy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Asbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Wadeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Ether
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Biscoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Dover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jugtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Robbins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Eleazer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Michfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Seagrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Asheboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yow Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Trinity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sophia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- New Market
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Cedar Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Randleman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond County
- Mangum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Gold Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Craven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rockwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Trading Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Trading Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Ford
- Crescent
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Timbercreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Granite Quarry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Woodbine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Woodbine is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Palmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Badin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New London
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Misenheimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Albemarle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Millingport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Plyer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Cedar Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Norwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wind Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Wind Hill.
Cemeteries Near Wind Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wind Hill.
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 Wind Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wind Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Newsom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lanes Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Russell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Owens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Prospect Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Workman Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Balfour Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- Love Joy Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Friends Meeting Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Wind Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wind Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wind Hill, with the one closest to Wind Hill listed first.
- Handy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Jackson Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Hill
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Pinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pinson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinson
- Denton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Healing Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Healing Springs is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eleazer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Palmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Ophir
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Farmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farmer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New London
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Cid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cid is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cid
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wind Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wind Hill.
Newspapers Published in Wind Hill ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wind Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wind Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wind Hill.
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 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 Wind Hill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Davidson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Davie County
- Guilford County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Stanly 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 Wind Hill, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wind Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |