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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 Wyo (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 Wyo. 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 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.

Wyo is located in Yadkin 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 Yadkin County: Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry & Wilkes.

Below are the counties that are near Wyo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wyo:

  • Yadkin County     (The home county of Wyo)
  • Alexander County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyo, with the one closest to Wyo listed first.
    • Stony Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
    • Vashti
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Davidson County
  • Davie County
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyo, with the one closest to Wyo listed first.
    • Cinnamon Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
    • Eaglewood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
    • Grapewood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
    • Lewisville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Clemmons
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • River Ridge Run
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
    • Robin Hood Trace
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Robin Hood Trace is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Trace
    • Robinhood Forest
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinhood Forest is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood Forest
    • Vienna Forest
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Vienna Forest is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Forest
    • Vienna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cutters Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cutters Creek is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutters Creek
    • Hunters Trace
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
  • Guilford County
  • Iredell County
  • Rowan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyo, with the one closest to Wyo listed first.
    • Needmore
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Needmore is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Pittsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
    • Mount Vernon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Woodleaf
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Barber
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Cleveland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Franklin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Ellis Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
    • Mocksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Mocksville is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
    • Shannon Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Park
    • Meadowbrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Yadkin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Yadkin is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yadkin
  • Stokes County
  • Surry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyo, with the one closest to Wyo listed first.
    • Boyden ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Boyden is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
    • Rockford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Shoals
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Siloam
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Siloam is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • Stony Knoll
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Rusk ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rusk is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Copeland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Pine Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Elkin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairview is located in Surry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Elkin Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mulberry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyo, with the one closest to Wyo listed first.
    • New Castle ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
    • Clingman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Ronda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Zimmerman ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Roaring River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
    • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
    • Lomax
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wyo, see our County-by-County Page for Wyo.

Cemeteries Near Wyo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wyo.

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 Wyo - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wyo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wyo, with the one closest to Wyo listed first.

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wyo had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Wyo, with the one closest to Wyo listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wyo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wyo.

Newspapers Published in Wyo ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wyo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wyo, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wyo.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Wyo:

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>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 Wyo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wyo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.