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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Zebra. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Zebra to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Zebra, please Contact Us.
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 Zebra (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 Zebra. 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 and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Zebra is historic, it would have been located within present day Wilkes 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 Wilkes County: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Surry, Watauga & Yadkin.
Below are the counties that are near Zebra. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zebra:
- Wilkes County (The home county of Zebra)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Traphill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moxley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Lomax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Abshers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Dehart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Hays
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Roaring River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Fairplains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- McGrady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Alexander County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Vashti
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vashti is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashti
- Rocky Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Taylorsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hiddenite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Fairview Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
- Liledoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Liledoun is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
- Ellendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Roaring Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glade Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hooker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Laurel Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ennice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Amelia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Scottville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edmonds
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Topia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Piney Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Transou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Glendale Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Obids
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Obids is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Wagoner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Orion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Crumpler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yates is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Weavers Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grassy Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fleetwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Cilley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cilley is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cilley
- Kings Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Creek is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- New Hope ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Union Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Love Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Houstonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Olin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Thurmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- State Road
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Devotion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Elkin Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Elkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mulberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Zephyr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Low Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dobson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Watauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Stony Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Deep Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Laxon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Rutherwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rutherwood is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherwood
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Jonesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Swan Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Rena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Cycle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cycle is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cycle
- Marler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marler is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marler
- Boonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Windsors Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windsors Crossroads is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsors Crossroads
- Branon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Hamptonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nebo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Lambsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Cana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Low Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Independence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fries
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rugby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Flat Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zebra, see our County-by-County Page for Zebra.
Cemeteries Near Zebra ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zebra.
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 Zebra - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zebra covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Traphill.
- The Johnson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Johnson Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188960 <4>
- Knobs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Double Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Truitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roaring Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Bottom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Center Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodruff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherry Lane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roberts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mountlawn Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Old Brier Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- State Road Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Zebra in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Zebra.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zebra, with the one closest to Zebra listed first.
- Dockery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dockery is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Traphill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lomax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Joynes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Joynes is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joynes
- Dehart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Austin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Hay Meadow ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hay Meadow is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Meadow
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Halls Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Halls Mills is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Benham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Benham is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
- Fairplains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dellaplane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dellaplane is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellaplane
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Ronda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zebra. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zebra.
Newspapers Published in Zebra ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zebra.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zebra, 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 Zebra.
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 Zebra:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Wilkes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alexander County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Caldwell County
- Iredell County
- Surry County
- Watauga County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Zebra, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Zebra) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |