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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 Beechwood (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 Beechwood. 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.

Cemeteries Near Beechwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beechwood.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.

  • Rosewood Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lynnhaven Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Princess Ann Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Eastern Shore Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • West Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Point Cemetery is located in Norfolk.
    • The West Point Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Cemetery
    • Potter's Field Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208490 <1>
  • Continue List   (104 more) ...
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hebrew Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Riverside Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Beechwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beechwood.

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

  • Thalia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Thalia is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalia
  • Kempsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Kempsville is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempsville
  • Lynnhaven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynnhaven is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnhaven
  • Elizabeth Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elizabeth Park is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
  • London Bridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • London Bridge is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Bridge
  • Mapleton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mapleton is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
  • Ocean View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ocean View is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
  • Norfolk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Brambleton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Brambleton is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brambleton
  • Berkley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Berkley is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
  • Virginia Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lamberts Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lamberts Point is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamberts Point
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Nimmo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Nimmo is located in Virginia Beach City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmo
    • Pungo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
    • Phoebus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Phoebus is located in Hampton City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoebus

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

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 websites either 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 Beechwood:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 Beechwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.