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 Bagbys Ferry (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 Bagbys Ferry. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bagbys Ferry is located in Halifax 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 Halifax County: Caswell (NC), Granville (NC), Person (NC), Campbell, Charlotte, Mecklenburg & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Bagbys Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bagbys Ferry:
- Halifax County (The home county of Bagbys Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Aarons Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Omega
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Virgilina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mayo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Cluster Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Banister Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Clays Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Halifax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Crystal Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Campbell County
- Brookneal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Wylliesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Drakes Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Aspenwall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Charlotte Court House
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Phenix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Keysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Cullen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Rough Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Pleasant Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wattsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Bagleys Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Orgainville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Averett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Henrico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Clarksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Shiny Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Finchley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Skipwith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Chase City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boydton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Finneywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Henrys Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Henrys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mill
- Laurel Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Riceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Lucks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lucks is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucks
- Java
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Semora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Wilbourns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Bullock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stovall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stovall is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Gela
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gela is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Townsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Berea is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oxford is located in Granville County (NC)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Clay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Person County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Allensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allensville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Ceffo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ceffo is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Roxboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hicks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Whitt Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Moriah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moriah is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Mount Tirzah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Allens Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allens Level is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Roseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Cates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cates is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Dabney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dabney is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Drewry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Drewry is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Flat Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Middleburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Henderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Rose Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Manson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Soul City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Soul City is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bagbys Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Bagbys Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Bagbys Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bagbys Ferry.
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 Bagbys Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bagbys Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Aarons Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blanks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Tabernacle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hitesburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Overbey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Buffalo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grace Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Bagbys Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bagbys Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bagbys Ferry, with the one closest to Bagbys Ferry listed first.
- Dryburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dryburg is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryburg
- Buffalo Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Laconia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Laconia is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laconia
- Omega
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Red Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Buffalo Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Junction is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Junction
- Siddon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Siddon is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddon
- Averett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Orgainville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Scottsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Trap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolf Trap is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Trap
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clarksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hyco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hyco is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyco
- Virgilina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bagbys Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bagbys Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Bagbys Ferry ...
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 Bagbys Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bagbys Ferry, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bagbys Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Bagbys Ferry:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Halifax County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Fluvanna County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Pittsylvania County
- Caswell County
- Granville County
- Person County
- Vance County
- Warren 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 Bagbys Ferry, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bagbys Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |