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 Woodshire 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 Woodshire 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 Woodshire 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 Woodshire Estates: Woodshire 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 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.
Woodshire Estates is located in Alamance 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 Alamance County: Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Woodshire Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodshire Estates:
- Alamance County (The home county of Woodshire Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Quail Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quail Hollow is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Broad Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Broad Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Acres
- Forest Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forest Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Rockwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Bellemont
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bellemont is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Pickwood Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pickwood Hills is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood Hills
- Cedar Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Crest is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Knollwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Knollwood is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood
- The Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Farm is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Farm
- Maple Grove Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Acres
- Cooper Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper Estates is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Estates
- Dogwood Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Acres is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Acres
- Alamance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alamance is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Stony Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Jericho
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jericho is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Prospect Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Locust Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Ridgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Quick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Quick is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- West Yanceyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Yanceyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Leasburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Siler City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bynum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bynum is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Fearrington Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fearrington Village is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearrington Village
- Pittsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bonlee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bonlee is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonlee
- Bear Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Goldston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- The American Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Rougemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Gibsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitsett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sedalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- McLeansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Julian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Oaks is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Climax
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Garden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Browns Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rudd
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rudd is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- White Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Greensboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Cheeks Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Miles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Miles is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Lakeview Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Acres
- Teer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Orange Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Orange Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Dodsons Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsons Crossroads
- Efland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jordan Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan Oak is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Oak
- Stagecoach Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Dimmocks Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dimmocks Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmocks Mill
- Garland Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Garland Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Acres
- Carr
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carr is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Person County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Hurdle Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Cates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Roseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melanchton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanchton
- Staley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Redcross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redcross
- Franklinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Ramseur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Randleman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Central Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Coleridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- New Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Reidsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Ruffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wittys Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wittys Crossroads is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittys Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodshire Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Woodshire Estates.
Cemeteries Near Woodshire Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodshire 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 Woodshire Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodshire Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Belmount Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Harmon Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Graham Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Northlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Community Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Community Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Community Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Saxapahaw.
- The Salem Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #176187 <2>
- Green Level Christian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alamance Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (115 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Friedens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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 Woodshire Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodshire Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodshire Estates, with the one closest to Woodshire Estates listed first.
- Swepsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Graham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haw River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hawfields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Saxapahaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elon College
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kimesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Gibsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mebane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sutphin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- McCray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodshire Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodshire Estates.
Newspapers Published in Woodshire Estates ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodshire Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodshire Estates, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodshire Estates.
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 Woodshire Estates:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alamance County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caswell County
- Chatham County
- Durham County
- Guilford County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Randolph County
- Rockingham 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodshire Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Woodshire Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |