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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 Northgate (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 Northgate. 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 northeast 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 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.

Northgate is located in Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County: Polk (NC), Rutherford (NC), Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens & Union.

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

  • Spartanburg County     (The home county of Northgate)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate listed first.
    • Boiling Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Valley Falls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fingerville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Southern Shops
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mayo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Una
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Whitney
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitney is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Inman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Inman is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
    • Arcadia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fairforest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Drayton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Inman Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate listed first.
    • Chesnee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Macedonia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Macedonia is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
    • Gaffney
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • East Gaffney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
    • Blacksburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Kings Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate listed first.
    • Gowensville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Gowensville is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
    • Greer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Greer is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <1>
    • O'Neal
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • O'Neal is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
    • Chick Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Chick Springs is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
    • Highland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Highland is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Pelham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Pelham is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
    • Taylors
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Gate Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • East Gate Village is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gate Village
    • Tigerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Five Forks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Five Forks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Wade Hampton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wade Hampton is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Hampton
    • Merrittsville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Merrittsville is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate listed first.
    • Jonesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Colerain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Colerain is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
    • Bonham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonham is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
    • Kelly
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelly is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
    • Buffalo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bailey Town ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bailey Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
  • Cleveland County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate listed first.
    • Byersville ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Byersville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
    • Cliffside
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cliffside is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
    • Boiling Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Erwinsville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
    • Flint Hill ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Mooresboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
    • Lattimore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lattimore is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
    • Sharon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sharon is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Earl
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Brittain Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
    • Dover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Dover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • New House
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • New House is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
  • Henderson County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate listed first.
    • Saluda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Saluda is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saluda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 703 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saluda <1>
    • Baxter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Baxter is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
    • Tuxedo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Zirconia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dana
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dana is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
    • Upward
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Upward is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
    • Claremont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Claremont is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
    • East Flat Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Flat Rock is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,408 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <1>
    • Mount Olive
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Mount Olive is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
  • Polk County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate listed first.
    • Columbus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tryon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tryon is located in Polk County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,635 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tryon <1>
    • Lynn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynn is located in Polk County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Mill Spring
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Melrose
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Melrose is located in Polk County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Rutherford County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate listed first.
    • Holly Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Harris
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Harris is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Shiloh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Shiloh is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Henrietta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Henrietta is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
    • Sandy Mush
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
    • Alexander Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
    • Caroleen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Caroleen is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
    • Bakersville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Bakersville is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
    • Forest City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Six Points
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Six Points is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
    • Rutherfordton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Concord
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Concord is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord

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

Cemeteries Near Northgate ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northgate.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Northgate, with the one closest to Northgate 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.<3>

While we didn't find Northgate in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Northgate.

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

  • Fingerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Campton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Campton is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
  • New Prospect
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • New Prospect is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
  • Inman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Inman is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
  • Whitney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitney is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Mount Zion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Zion is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
  • Fairforest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Spartanburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Brooklyn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
  • Converse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sandy Springs is located in Polk County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
  • Wellford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Clifton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cowpens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <1>
    • Campobello
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Northgate ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northgate.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northgate, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northgate.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Northgate:

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>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 Northgate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Northgate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.