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 Campbells Landing (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 Campbells Landing. 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 Campbells Landing ...
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 have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for Campbells Landing: Campbells Lndg. (or less commonly used: Campbells Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Campbells Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Campbells Landing may originally have been Campbell's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Campbells Landing might be written as Campbell Landing.
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.
Newspapers Published in Campbells Landing ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbells Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campbells Landing, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campbells Landing.
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 Campbells Landing:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Campbells Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campbells Landing.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Campbells Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Campbells Landing, with the one closest to Campbells Landing listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Charity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charity Cemetery
- Blackwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackwater Cemetery
- Nimmo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nimmo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nimmo Cemetery
- Moyock Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moyock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moyock Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Colonial Grove Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colonial Grove Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #271822 <4>
- Lane Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lane Cemetery
- Whitehart Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitehart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitehart Cemetery
- Northwest Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northwest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northwest Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (52 more) ...
- Good Hope Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Berea Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berea Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Campbells Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Campbells Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Campbells Landing, with the one closest to Campbells Landing listed first.
- Creeds
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Vine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Knotts Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knotts Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Island
- Knotts Island is located in Currituck County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knotts Island <6>
- Pungo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
- Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City
- Tulls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Nimmo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Moyock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyock
- Moyock is located in Currituck County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moyock <6>
- Currituck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currituck
- Currituck is located in Currituck County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Currituck <6>
- Snowden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Mapleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Shawboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawboro
- Shawboro is located in Currituck County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawboro <6>
- London Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Bridge
- London Bridge is located in Virginia Beach City
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lynnhaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Virginia Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Beach
- Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia Beach <6>
- Gregory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynnhaven
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Campbells Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Campbells Landing.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Campbells Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Campbells Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Campbells Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6068, Longitude: -75.9910 In this case, the coordinates for Campbells Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Campbells Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |