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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Goforth Cross Road. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Goforth Cross Road to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Goforth Cross Road, 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 Goforth Cross Road (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 Goforth Cross Road. 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 Goforth Cross Road ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Goforth Cross Road: Goforth Xrd.
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 northeast 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Goforth Cross Road is historic, it would have been located within present day Cherokee County.
To see how the shape of South 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 Cherokee County: Cleveland (NC), Rutherford (NC), Spartanburg, Union & York.
Below are the counties that are near Goforth Cross Road. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goforth Cross Road:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Goforth Cross Road)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Gaffney
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Gaffney
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Blacksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chesnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kings Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chester County
- Cabal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cabal is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
- Spartanburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Cowpens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Converse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Pacolet Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Central Pacolet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Glendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Drayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fingerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Jonesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kelly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Bailey Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Bonham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bonham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
- Lockhart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Colerain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Colerain is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Zadok ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zadok is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Filbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Filbert is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Blairsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blairsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Clover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bowling Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- York
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burke County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Camp Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Burke County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Ramsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Burke County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Shoups Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shoups Ford is located in Burke County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
- Cleveland County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Cliffside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Earl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Sharon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Brittain Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Mooresboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Patterson Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Lattimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Gaston County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Dellview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dellview is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
- Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
- Cherryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perry is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Bessemer City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tryon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- South Gastonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Gastonia is located in Gaston County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
- Gastonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dallas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- North Brook ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Brook is located in Lincoln County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
- Crouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crouse is located in Lincoln County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
- Hulls Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
- Laurel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Vale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDowell County (NC)
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Home is located in McDowell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Polk County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Mill Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rutherford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Henrietta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Six Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Caroleen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Ellenboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Sandy Mush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Alexander Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Holly Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Bostic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goforth Cross Road, see our County-by-County Page for Goforth Cross Road.
Cemeteries Near Goforth Cross Road ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goforth Cross Road.
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 Goforth Cross Road - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goforth Cross Road covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Beulah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sarratt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sarratt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robbs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jolly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Camps Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huskins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mikes Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Christian Fellowship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandpit Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- McCraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace Place Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Byars Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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 Goforth Cross Road in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goforth Cross Road.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goforth Cross Road, with the one closest to Goforth Cross Road listed first.
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Nicholsville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nicholsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Earl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Sharon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Blacksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Henrietta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Cowpens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lattimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Ellenboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Durbro ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durbro is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
- Shelby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <2>
- Converse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goforth Cross Road. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goforth Cross Road.
Newspapers Published in Goforth Cross Road ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goforth Cross Road.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goforth Cross Road, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goforth Cross Road.
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 helpful 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 Goforth Cross Road:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
- York County
- Burke County
- Cleveland County
- Gaston County
- Lincoln County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South 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 Goforth Cross Road, 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- Goforth Cross Road) 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. |