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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 Woodsdale (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 Woodsdale. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Woodsdale 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 Woodsdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodsdale:

  • Person County     (The home county of Woodsdale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Ceffo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ceffo is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
    • Roxboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Concord
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Concord is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Hicks Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hicks Village is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
    • Allensville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Allensville is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
    • Whitt Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Whitt Town is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
    • Roseville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Roseville is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Allens Level
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Allens Level is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
    • Cates
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Cates is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
    • Mount Tirzah
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Mount Tirzah is located in Person County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
    • Timberlake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hurdle Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Alamance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Just Crossroads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
    • Pleasant Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Caswell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Semora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Leasburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Milton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Estelle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Estelle is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Ridgeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridgeville is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
    • Blanch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Prospect Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
    • Yanceyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Providence
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Providence is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Gatewood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Gatewood is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
    • West Yanceyville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
    • Anderson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Anderson is located in Caswell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Durham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Rougemont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hampton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Hampton is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
    • Bahama
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Granville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Wilbourns
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Wilbourns is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
    • Berea
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Berea is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Gela
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Gela is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
    • Stovall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Stovall is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
    • Bullock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Oxford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Oxford is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,905 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <1>
    • Providence
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Providence is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Stem
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Stem is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
    • Clay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Clay is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Tar River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tar River is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
    • Butner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hester is located in Granville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Berryland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Berryland is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
    • Laws
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Laws is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
    • Caldwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Caldwell is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
    • Charter Meadows
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Charter Meadows is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Meadows
    • Fieldstream
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Fieldstream is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
    • Kindful Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Kindful Acres is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
    • North Fork
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • North Fork is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
    • Springcrest Meadows
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
    • Larry Hall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Larry Hall is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
    • Schley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Schley is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
    • Green Pines
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Pines is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
    • McDade
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • McDade is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
  • Vance County
    • Dabney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Dabney is located in Vance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
  • Danville City (VA)
    • Danville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Danville is located in Danville City (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,869 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <1>
  • Fluvanna County (VA)
    • Scottsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Halifax County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Harmony
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Alton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
    • Cluster Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
    • Virgilina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Delila
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Delila is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
    • South Boston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Omega
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Omega is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
    • Elmo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Elmo is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
    • Jones
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jones is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
    • Sutherlin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sutherlin is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
    • Aarons Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
  • Madison County (VA)
    • Beaver Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Beaver Park is located in Madison County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
  • Mecklenburg County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Nelson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Averett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Averett is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
    • Henrico
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
    • Shiny Rock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
    • Clarksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Mill Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
    • Jeffress
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
    • Orgainville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
    • Finchley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
    • Skipwith
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
  • Pittsylvania County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale listed first.
    • Laurel Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
    • Henrys Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Henrys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mill
    • Kentuck
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
    • Lucks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lucks is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucks
    • Ridgecrest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
    • Spring Garden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
    • Java
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Java is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
    • Riceville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville

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

Cemeteries Near Woodsdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodsdale.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodsdale, with the one closest to Woodsdale 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodsdale had a population of 16 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bethel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethel Hill is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Hill
  • Harmony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harmony is located in Halifax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Ceffo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ceffo is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
  • Olive Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Olive Hill is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Hill
  • Roxboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Alton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Allensville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Allensville is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
  • Mayo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
  • Cunningham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cunningham is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
  • Roseville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Roseville is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Surl
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Surl is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surl
  • Turbeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Turbeville is located in Halifax County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turbeville
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Virgilina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hyco
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hyco is located in Halifax County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyco
    • Semora
      (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 Woodsdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodsdale.

Newspapers Published in Woodsdale ...

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 Woodsdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodsdale, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodsdale.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Woodsdale:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodsdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Woodsdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.