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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 Blundon Corner (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 Blundon Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Blundon Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Blundon Corner: Blundon Cor. (or less commonly used: Blundon Crn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Blundon Corner is located in Northumberland 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 Northumberland County: Lancaster, Richmond & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Blundon Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blundon Corner:
- Northumberland County (The home county of Blundon Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Blackwells
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
- Ophelia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunnybank
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
- Remo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Remo is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remo
- Reedville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fleeton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleeton
- Heathsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coan is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coan
- Bundick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bundick is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
- Lara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lara is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lara
- Rainswood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
- Lodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lodge is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
- Lynhams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lynhams is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynhams
- Accomack County
- Tangier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Bowlers Wharf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bowlers Wharf is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlers Wharf
- Dunnsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tappahannock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Freeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Freeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Glenns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- North
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Adner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adner is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adner
- King and Queen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Contra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Contra is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contra
- Cumnor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cumnor is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnor
- Crouch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crouch is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Lankford Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lankford Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Corner
- Alfonso
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alfonso is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfonso
- Richtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richtown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richtown
- Kilmarnock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Merry Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merry Point is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Point
- Griffins Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Griffins Landing is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Landing
- Monaskon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monaskon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaskon
- Ottoman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ottoman is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottoman
- Irvington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ocran
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ocran is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocran
- Millenbeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millenbeck
- Weems
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Weems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- White Stone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Nesting
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nesting is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesting
- Locust Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Remlik
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Urbanna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Amburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Amburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amburg
- Grafton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Hartfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Stingray Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingray Point
- Wilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wilton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Saluda
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Downings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Downings is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downings
- Farnham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Farnham is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnham
- Simonson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Simonson is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonson
- Emmerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Emmerton is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmerton
- Rich Neck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rich Neck is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck
- Simons Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Simons Corner is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons Corner
- Warsaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tallent Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tallent Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallent Town
- Naylors
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Naylors is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylors
- Newland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newland is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Kinsale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffiths Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Griffiths Corner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths Corner
- Tucker Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker Hill is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Hill
- Machodoc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Machodoc is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machodoc
- Nomini Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nomini Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nomini Grove
- Hinnom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hinnom is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnom
- Montross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chiltons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chiltons is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltons
- Bryant Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant Town is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Town
- Calvert County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Solomons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Drum Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Drum Point is located in Calvert County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Crocheron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crocheron is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocheron
- Fishing Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bishops Head
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
- Wingate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Mary's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Scotland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dameron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dameron is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
- Gum Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
- Piney Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Drayden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tall Timbers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Lee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
- Great Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Callaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lexington Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Breton Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Breton Beach is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breton Beach
- Somerset County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Rhodes Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rhodes Point is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Point
- Ewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Smith Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Smith Island is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Island
- Tylerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Crisfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Daugherty Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Daugherty Town is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Town
- Wenona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wenona is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Lawsonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawsonia is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonia
- Deal Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blundon Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Blundon Corner.
Cemeteries Near Blundon Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blundon Corner.
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 Blundon Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blundon Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Fairfields Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hope Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roseland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- TestShiva Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morattico Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willie Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beane Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Grace Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- St. Francis De Sales Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pt. Lookout Confederate Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Blundon Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blundon Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blundon Corner, with the one closest to Blundon Corner listed first.
- Blackwells
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
- Mila
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mila is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mila
- Avalon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avalon is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Lilian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lilian is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilian
- Ophelia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Browns Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Store is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Wicomico Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Reedville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnybank
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
- Heathsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bundick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bundick is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lewisetta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisetta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisetta
- Lottsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lodge is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blundon Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blundon Corner.
Newspapers Published in Blundon Corner ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blundon Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blundon Corner, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blundon Corner.
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 Blundon Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Northumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Accomack County
- Essex County
- Gloucester County
- King and Queen County
- Lancaster County
- Middlesex County
- Richmond County
- Westmoreland County
- Calvert County
- Dorchester County
- Saint Mary's County
- Somerset 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> | 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 Blundon Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blundon Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |