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 Aspen (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 Aspen. 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 and doctors 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.
Aspen is located in Charlotte County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Charlotte County: Appomattox, Campbell, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Aspen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aspen:
- Charlotte County (The home county of Aspen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Aspenwall
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Abell ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Phenix
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Rough Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Charlotte Court House
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cullen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Drakes Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Abilene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Wylliesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Keysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Amherst County
- Joshua Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Chap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Spring Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Pamplin City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Appomattox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Spout Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Hurtsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Sheppards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Hat Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Brookneal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Melrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Gladys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rustburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Altavista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Lawyers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Lynch Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Bedford Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Rabat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Nathalie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loftis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Crystal Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Clays Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Clover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cody
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Leda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Banister Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Halifax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rodden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Sign Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Meherrin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Pleasant Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Nutbush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Finneywood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Chase City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orgainville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Skipwith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Renan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Riceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Brutus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Markham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Markham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Henrys Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henrys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mill
- Java
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Lucks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lucks is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucks
- Chalk Level
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Hurt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Sonans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sonans is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonans
- Sheva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Gretna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Darlington Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Five Forks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Blake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Tuggle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Green Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farmville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aspen, see our County-by-County Page for Aspen.
Cemeteries Near Aspen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aspen.
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 Aspen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aspen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Cub Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Henry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wickliff - Rush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ellis Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whites Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Childrey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gillispie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (166 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Catawba Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<2>
While we didn't find Aspen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aspen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aspen, with the one closest to Aspen listed first.
- Aspenwall
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Abell ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Terryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Terryville is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Baileyville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baileyville is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Martins Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Martins Store is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Store
- Clarkton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkton is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Rough Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Hat Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Brookneal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nathalie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lennig
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lennig is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennig
- Naruna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Naruna is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Laurel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Laurel is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Laurel
- Saxe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mossingford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mossingford is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossingford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aspen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aspen.
Newspapers Published in Aspen ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aspen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aspen, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aspen.
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 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 Aspen:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Charlotte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Buckingham County
- Campbell County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Pittsylvania County
- Prince Edward County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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> | 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 Aspen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aspen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |