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 Buffalo Springs (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 Buffalo Springs. 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 Buffalo Springs ...
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 Buffalo Springs: Buffalo Spgs. (or less commonly used: Buffalo Spngs. or Buffalo Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Buffalo Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buffalo Springs.
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 northwest 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 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.
Buffalo Springs is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County: Granville (NC), Vance (NC), Warren (NC), Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax & Lunenburg.
Below are the counties that are near Buffalo Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buffalo Springs:
- Mecklenburg County (The home county of Buffalo Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Averett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Henrico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Clarksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jeffress
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Mill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Orgainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Shiny Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Finchley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Skipwith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Boydton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chase City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cusco Willa
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Wylliesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Drakes Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aspenwall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Charlotte Court House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Keysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Phenix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Aarons Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Omega
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Virgilina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Clover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mayo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- South Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cluster Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Banister Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Clays Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Halifax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Westside Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Wattsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Bagleys Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Pleasant Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Lunenburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Henrys Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Henrys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mill
- Laurel Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Caswell County (NC)
- Semora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Wilbourns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Bullock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stovall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stovall is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Gela
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gela is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Townsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Berea is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Oxford
(23 miles [37 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Clay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Fairport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Stem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stem is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Tar River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tar River is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Person County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Allensville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allensville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Roxboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ceffo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ceffo is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hicks Village
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moriah is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
- Mount Tirzah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Timberlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cates is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Vance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Dabney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dabney is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Drewry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Drewry is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Middleburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adcock Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- South Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Bear Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gill is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Gillburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Rose Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Manson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Soul City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Soul City is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Wise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Norlina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buffalo Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Buffalo Springs.
Cemeteries Near Buffalo Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buffalo Springs.
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 Buffalo Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buffalo Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Buffalo Tabernacle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blanks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Overbey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bowen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Aarons Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hitesburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Hite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hayes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Buffalo Springs had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Buffalo Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Junction is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Junction
- Averett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Siddon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Siddon is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddon
- Clarksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Jeffress
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Dryburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dryburg is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryburg
- Orgainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Laconia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laconia is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laconia
- Omega
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Virgilina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Soudan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Soudan is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudan
- Finchley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Hyco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hyco is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyco
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buffalo Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buffalo Springs.
Newspapers Published in Buffalo Springs ...
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 Buffalo Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buffalo Springs, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buffalo Springs.
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 Buffalo Springs:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Mecklenburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Charlotte County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg 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 Buffalo Springs, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buffalo Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |