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 Beverly Acres (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 Beverly Acres. 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 doctors and 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.
Beverly Acres is located in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County: Amelia, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Hopewell City, Prince George & Richmond.
Below are the counties that are near Beverly Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beverly Acres:
- Chesterfield County (The home county of Beverly Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Matoaca
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Bollinger Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Ettrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holly ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Chesterfield Court House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Beulah Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Bellwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Ammon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Earls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Masons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Amelia Court House
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Callaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Kimages
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Westover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Charles City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roxbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Ruthville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Addison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Grant Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Sutherland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- McKenney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Darvills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Greensville County
- Jarratt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Atlee Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Deep Bottom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Varina Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Turner Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Fort Lee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Heckler Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Heckler Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckler Village
- Lee Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Sandston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elko
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Spainville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Blackstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Dorset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Pilkinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Huguenot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Derby ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Garysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Newville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Burrowsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Montrose Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Chippenham Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Carsley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Spring Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Stony Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sussex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beverly Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Beverly Acres.
Cemeteries Near Beverly Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beverly Acres.
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 Beverly Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beverly Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Andrews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ocran UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocran UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocran UMC Cemetery is located in Sutherland.
- The Ocran UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ocran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51509 <2>
- Hollywood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Traylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olgers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ettrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meunier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gill Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smiths Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dinwiddie Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dinwiddie Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50042 <2>
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 Beverly Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beverly Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beverly Acres, with the one closest to Beverly Acres listed first.
- Matoaca
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Sutherland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pembroke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pembroke is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Ettrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burgess
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burgess is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Walthall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walthall is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Marmona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marmona is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmona
- Holly ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Centralia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Perdue ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perdue is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue
- Namozine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Namozine is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namozine
- Derby ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beverly Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beverly Acres.
Newspapers Published in Beverly Acres ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beverly Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beverly Acres, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beverly Acres.
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 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 Beverly Acres:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Chesterfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Brunswick County
- Charles City County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Greensville County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- Nottoway County
- Petersburg City
- Powhatan County
- Prince George County
- Richmond City
- Richmond County
- Surry County
- Sussex 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> | 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beverly Acres) 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 Beverly Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |