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 Boydton (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 Boydton. 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 Boydton ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Boydton was referred to as Boydton Courthouse.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Boydton is located in Mecklenburg County and is the County Seat.
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 Mecklenburg County: Granville (NC), Vance (NC), Warren (NC), Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax & Lunenburg.
Below are the counties that are near Boydton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boydton:
- Mecklenburg County (The home county of Boydton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Cusco Willa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Finchley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Skipwith
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Dunns Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Jeffress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Union Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Wightman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Mill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Chase City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Palmer Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Orgainville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Ogburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Brodnax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Gholsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Ankum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gasburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ezell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alberta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Wylliesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drakes Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Charlotte Court House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Aarons Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Clover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Virgilina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Omega
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Clays Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Mayo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- South Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cluster Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Banister Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Halifax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Bagleys Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Wattsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Oral Oaks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Lunenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Pleasant Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Lochleven
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Victoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kenbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Dundas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Meherrin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Townsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bullock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stovall
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stovall is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Gela
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gela is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Wilbourns
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Berea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Berea is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Halifax County (NC)
- Littleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Drewry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Drewry is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Middleburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Dabney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dabney is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Adcock Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Henderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Henderson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Bear Pond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gillburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Gill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gill is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Bobbitt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Rose Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Manson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Soul City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Soul City is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Norlina
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warren Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Warrenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Church Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Macon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Afton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Afton is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Vaughan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lickskillet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boydton, see our County-by-County Page for Boydton.
Cemeteries Near Boydton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boydton.
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 Boydton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boydton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rehoboth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fields Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Easters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bethany Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Woodland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Chase City.
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chase City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52730 <2>
- Bethesda Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Boydton had a population of 750 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Boydton had a population of 410 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boydton, with the one closest to Boydton listed first.
- Antlers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Antlers is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
- Muck Cross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Muck Cross is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck Cross
- Cusco Willa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Skipwith
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Finchley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Baskerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Baskerville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskerville
- Woodworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Woodworth is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Jeffress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Keats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keats is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keats
- Union Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Wightman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Drapersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drapersville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drapersville
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Soudan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Soudan is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudan
- Chase City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boydton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boydton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Boydton ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boydton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Boydton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Boydton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Boydton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Boydton.
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 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 Boydton:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Mecklenburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Charlotte County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg County
- Spotsylvania County
- Granville County
- Halifax 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> | 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 Boydton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boydton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |