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 Woodrun (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 Woodrun. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Woodrun is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Anson, Davidson, Moore, Randolph, Richmond & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Woodrun. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodrun:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Woodrun)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Wadeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Mount Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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 <1>
- Eldorado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Ophir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Abner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Biscoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allreds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Candor
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Ansonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Burnsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Sugar Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Polkton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Wadesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lilesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Peachland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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 Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Georgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Rimer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Midland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Complex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Handy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Denton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Southmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Silver Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cedar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Silver Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Cotton Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Eagle Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jackson Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jackson Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Springs
- Zion Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Zion Grove is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
- Jugtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Robbins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Seven Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Seven Lakes is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- West End
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Foxfire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Foxfire is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Harris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Eleazer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Seagrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Michfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Yow Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Asheboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Mangum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Norman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Ellerbe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Gold Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pooletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Rockwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Craven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Crescent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Shupings Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- Timbercreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Faith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Granite Quarry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Badin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Norwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Albemarle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- New London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plyer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Millingport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Richfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Misenheimer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Lambert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Marshville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodrun, see our County-by-County Page for Woodrun.
Cemeteries Near Woodrun ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodrun.
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 Woodrun - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodrun covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McRae Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bruton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stanly Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ropers Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Zoar Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sharon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chisolm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (93 more) ...
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Troy.
- The Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Shiloh Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991197 <3>
- Macedonia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Old Freedom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Woodrun in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodrun.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodrun, with the one closest to Woodrun listed first.
- Wadeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Norwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Palmerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Uwharrie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Uwharrie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uwharrie
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Albemarle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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 <1>
- Eldorado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Cottonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Onvil
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Onvil is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onvil
- Ophir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- New London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodrun. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodrun.
Newspapers Published in Woodrun ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodrun.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodrun, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodrun.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Woodrun:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Davidson County
- Moore County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Union 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodrun) 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 Woodrun, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |