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 Windrow Estates (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 Windrow Estates. 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.
Name Variations for Windrow Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Windrow Estates: Windrow Ests.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
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 hospitals and 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.
Windrow Estates 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 Windrow Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Windrow Estates:
Mecklenburg County (The home county of Windrow Estates)
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Matthews (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mint Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Providence ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Providence is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Allen (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Allen is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Weddington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Chantilly (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly Newell (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Belmont (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Charlotte (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Biddleville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville Greenville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Wilmore (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore Pineville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Anson County
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Polkton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Polkton is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
Mineral Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Mineral Springs is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Sugar Town is located in Anson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town Cabarrus County
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Midland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Harrisburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bosts Mill ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill Georgeville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville Cannon Crossroads (20 miles [32.2 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Poplar Tent (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent Mount Pleasant (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Tulin ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Tulin is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin Fisher Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town Rimer (26 miles [41.8 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 Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Brown Town (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Brown Town is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town Mount Holly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Belmont (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Catawba ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Catawba is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Cramerton (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Woodland ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Woodland is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland McAdenville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lucia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Lucia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia Begonia ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Begonia is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia Lowell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Spencer Mountain (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
Ranlo (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Smyre is located in Gaston County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyre Iredell County
Mount Mourne (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Lowesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lowesville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville Triangle ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Triangle is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Westport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Westport is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Rowan County
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Kannapolis (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Enochville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Enochville is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville North Kannapolis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis Corriher Heights (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights Landis (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
China Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Five Forks (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Five Forks is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks Five Points (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Five Points is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Harts ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Harts is located in Rowan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Stanly County
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Stanfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Locust (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Red Cross (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Red Cross is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
Oakboro (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Lambert (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Lambert is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Bloomington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Bloomington is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington Millingport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Millingport is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport Plyer (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Plyer is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer Cedar Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Village is located in Stanly County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Stallings (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Hemby Bridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
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 (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lake Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Lake Park is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
Fairview (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Fairview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
Wesley Chapel (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
White Oak (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
White Oak is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Unionville (9 miles [14.5 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
Monroe (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Carmel Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Carmel Village is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village Marvin (12 miles [19.3 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
Mineral Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Waxhaw (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Chester County (SC)
Edgemoor (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Chesterfield County (SC)
Pageland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Lancaster County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Camp Cox (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox Colonial Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Indian Land (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Van Wyck (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Springdell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Springdell is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell Camp Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Riverside (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Riverside is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Caskey (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Caskey is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey Lancaster (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Union (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Union is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Lancaster Mill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill York County (SC)
The following are listed by their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Fort Mill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Riverview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Riverview is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Lake Wylie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Tega Cay (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
India Hook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
India Hook is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook Catawba (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Lesslie (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Lesslie is located in York County (SC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie Roddey (23 miles [37 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 Rock Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Newport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
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 Windrow Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Windrow Estates .
Cemeteries Near Windrow Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Windrow Estates.
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 Windrow Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Windrow Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Rice Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery The Rice Cemetery has also been known as:
Hartt Cemetery Ritch Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Sunset Memory Gardens (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Logan Chapel CME Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Emmanuel Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Sharon Memorial Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Bentons Crossroads Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Ira V. Ferguson Memorial Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Evergreen Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (147 more) ...
Evergreen Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Charlotte Memorial Gardens (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Windrow Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Windrow Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Windrow Estates, with the one closest to Windrow Estates listed first.
Hoods ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hoods is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Matthews (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Indian Trail (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Mint Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Kingwood ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Kingwood is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood Stouts (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Stouts is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Burdett ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Burdett is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett Sardis (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Sardis is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Eastfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Eastfield is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastfield Unionville (9 miles [14.5 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
Newell (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Newell is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell Monroe (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (13 more) ...
Pioneer Mills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Pioneer Mills is located in Cabarrus County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mills Harrison ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Harrison is located in Mecklenburg County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Charlotte (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Windrow Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Windrow Estates .
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 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 Windrow Estates:
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 Chester County Chesterfield 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 Windrow Estates. 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 Windrow Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.