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 Yadkinville (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 Yadkinville. 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 Yadkinville ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Yadkinville was referred to as Yadkinville Courthouse.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 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.
Yadkinville is located in Yadkin County and is the County Seat.
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 Yadkinville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yadkinville:
- Yadkin County (The home county of Yadkinville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Branon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
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- Nebo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
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- Courtney
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
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- Footville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
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- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Forbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
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- Union Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Hamptonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wyo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
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- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Marler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Alexander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Vashti
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
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- Rocky Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
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- Hiddenite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point is located in Alexander County
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- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Alexander County
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- Fairview Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Alleghany County
- Roaring Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Arcadia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
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- Reedy Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
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- Currytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
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- Gum Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
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- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Tyro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tyro is located in Davidson County
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- Welcome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sapona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
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- Bethany ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
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- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Pino
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pino is located in Davie County
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- Calahaln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
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- Bermuda Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mocksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Advance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
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- Cooleemee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
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- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Cinnamon Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
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- Grapewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
- Eaglewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
- Lewisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- River Ridge Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
- Dozier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
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- Hunters Trace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- Robin Hood Trace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Robin Hood Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Trace
- Robinhood Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Robinhood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinhood Forest
- Sherwood Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Vienna Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vienna Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Forest
- Donnaha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
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- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Houstonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Harmony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Olin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
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- Turnersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Cool Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cool Springs is located in Iredell County
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- Love Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Iredell County
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- Scotts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts is located in Iredell County
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- Statesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brevard ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brevard is located in Iredell County
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- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Rowan County
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- Needmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Mount Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Woodleaf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Barber
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barber is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Cleveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Mocksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mocksville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
- Ellis Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ellis Crossroads is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Crossroads
- Shannon Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon Park is located in Rowan County
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- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Pinnacle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
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- Mount Olive
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
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- Capella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
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- Germanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Neatman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
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- Quaker Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
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- Vade Mecum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
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- Fulp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
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- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Rockford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
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- Stony Knoll
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
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- Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
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- Siloam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
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- Rusk ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
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- Boyden ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
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- Elkin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
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- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
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- Elkin Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Pine Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
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- Mulberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
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- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
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- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Clingman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
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- Ronda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Zimmerman ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
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- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
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- Roaring River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
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- Lomax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
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- Traphill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
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- Fletcher ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Wilkes County
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- Hays
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yadkinville, see our County-by-County Page for Yadkinville.
Cemeteries Near Yadkinville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yadkinville.
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 Yadkinville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yadkinville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gospel Way Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deep Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shacktown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pilot View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deep Creek Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brandons Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (290 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Yadkinville had a population of 175 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Yadkinville had a population of 2,874 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yadkinville, with the one closest to Yadkinville listed first.
- Footville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Hamptonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Longtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Longtown is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Boonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wyo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Poindexter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Pino
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Huntsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Richmond Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Marler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Rockford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Rena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Eagle Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Mills is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Houstonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yadkinville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yadkinville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Yadkinville ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yadkinville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Yadkinville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Yadkinville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Yadkinville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of Yadkinville.
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 Yadkinville:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Yadkin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Alleghany County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Iredell County
- Rowan County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Wilkes 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> | 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 Yadkinville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yadkinville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |