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 Denny Store (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 Denny Store. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Denny Store is located in Person 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 Person County: Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange & Halifax (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Denny Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Denny Store:
- Person County (The home county of Denny Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Allensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Moriah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Mount Tirzah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Timberlake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roxboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whitt Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Cates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cates is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Allens Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Allens Level is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Hicks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Roseville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Ceffo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Hurdle Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Alamance County
- Just Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Caswell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Leasburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Semora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Prospect Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Blanch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yanceyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Durham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Rougemont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bahama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gorman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gorman is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- The American Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- The American Village is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The American Village
- Durham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- Franklinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Berea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Wilbourns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Gela
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gela is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Stovall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Clay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Hester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Tar River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Bullock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Butner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Berryland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berryland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Fieldstream
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Caldwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Charter Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
- North Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Kindful Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Laws
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Springcrest Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Larry Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- Schley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Schley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
- Pleasant Green Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Green Pines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Dabney
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Henderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Henderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Kittrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Pond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Flat Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Adcock Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Gillburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Bobbitt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Middleburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Drewry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Drewry is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- New Light
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Stony Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Rose Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Manson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Soul City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Fluvanna County (VA)
- Scottsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Halifax County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Virgilina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mayo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Harmony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Alton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cluster Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Aarons Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Omega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- South Boston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Delila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Westside Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Elmo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Jones
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Sutherlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Mecklenburg County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Nelson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Averett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Shiny Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Henrico
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Jeffress
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Finchley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Orgainville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Skipwith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Boydton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cusco Willa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Laurel Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Denny Store, see our County-by-County Page for Denny Store.
Cemeteries Near Denny Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Denny Store.
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 Denny Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Denny Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Allensville Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Surl Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- David Reid Clayton Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookland Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Providence Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Tirzah United Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Burchwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Person Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat River Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Denny Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Denny Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Denny Store, with the one closest to Denny Store listed first.
- Allensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allensville is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Surl
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Surl is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surl
- Berea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Oak Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Satterwhite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Satterwhite is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterwhite
- Ai
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ai is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Mount Tirzah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Moriah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moriah is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Timberlake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Hill is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Hill
- Roxboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodsdale is located in Person County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsdale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Red Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Red Mountain is located in Durham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Virgilina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rougemont
(12 miles [19.3 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 Denny Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Denny Store.
Newspapers Published in Denny Store ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Denny Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Denny Store, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Denny Store.
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 Denny Store:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Person County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Durham County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Orange County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Mecklenburg County
- Pittsylvania 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Denny Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Denny Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |