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 Callahans Hills (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 Callahans Hills. 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 Callahans Hills ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Callahans Hills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Callahans Hills may originally have been Callahan's Hills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Callahans Hills might be written as Callahan Hills.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Callahans Hills is located in Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania County: Caswell (NC), Rockingham (NC), Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Halifax & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Callahans Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Callahans Hills:
- Pittsylvania County (The home county of Callahans Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Mount Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Ridgecrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Cascade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Swansonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Kentuck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Tightsqueeze
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tightsqueeze is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightsqueeze
- Grady
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Weal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Chatham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Spring Garden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Laurel Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Worlds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds
- Danville City
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Laprades Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Penhook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sydnorsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Union Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Henry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Sutherlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Delila
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Elmo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Sign Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Alton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jones
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jones is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Rodden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Axton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Irisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Leatherwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Chatmoss
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Ridgeway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Villa Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Collinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Reed Creek Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Fieldale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Horse Pasture
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Madison County
- Beaver Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Martinsville City
- Martinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alamance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Clover Garden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- Union Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Altamahaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- McCray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McCray is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Ossipee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Pleasant Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Whitetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Pelham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Gatewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Quick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Quick is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Blanch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Yanceyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Estelle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Milton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Locust Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Yanceyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford County (NC)
- Browns Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Person County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ceffo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ceffo is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Hicks Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Ruffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Draper ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Meadow Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Lawsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Eden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
- Spray ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- College Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Providence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wentworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Belmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Matrimony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Stokes County (NC)
- Amostown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Callahans Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Callahans Hills.
Cemeteries Near Callahans Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Callahans Hills.
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 Callahans Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Callahans Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Scearce Gammon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Soyar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Danville Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stokesland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Schoolfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. View Cemetery
- Mt. View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Berry Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Mayfield MB Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Freedmens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Callahans Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Callahans Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Callahans Hills, with the one closest to Callahans Hills listed first.
- Bachelors Hall
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bachelors Hall is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelors Hall
- Vandola
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vandola is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandola
- Mount Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Buford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buford is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Vance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vance is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Brosville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brosville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brosville
- Oak Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Mayfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mayfield is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Whitmell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitmell is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmell
- Pelham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Pleasant Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Gap is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Cascade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gatewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Ruffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Aiken Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Aiken Summit is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken Summit
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Callahans Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Callahans Hills.
Newspapers Published in Callahans Hills ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Callahans Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Callahans Hills, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Callahans Hills.
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 helpful 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 Callahans Hills:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Pittsylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Danville City
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Martinsville City
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Guilford County
- Person County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Callahans Hills, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Callahans Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |