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 Cherry Grove (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 Cherry Grove. 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 Cherry Grove ...
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.
Another variation: Cherrygrove.
- A typical abbreviation for Cherry Grove: Cherry Grv.
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 Cherry Grove ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherry Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cherry Grove, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cherry Grove.
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 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 Cherry Grove:
- 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 Cherry Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherry Grove.
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 Cherry Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cherry Grove, with the one closest to Cherry Grove listed first.
- Southampton Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southampton Memorial Park
- Holland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holland Cemetery
- Blackjack Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- The Blackjack Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Oak Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackjack Oak Cemetery
- Franklin Municipal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Municipal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Municipal Cemetery
- Brett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brett Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brett Cemetery
- White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- The Poplar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Spring Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Spring Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
- Gillette Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillette Family Cemetery
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- The Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152574 <4>
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Silas Edwards Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<1> to the northeast of Barretts Crossroads (NC).
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silas Edwards Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484566 <4>
- Continue List (112 more) ...
- Askew Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Askew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Askew Cemetery
- Barnes UMC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Barnes UMC Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes UMC Cemetery
- Wester - Davis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wester - Davis Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wester - Davis Cemetery
- Askew 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 Cherry Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cherry Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cherry Grove, with the one closest to Cherry Grove listed first.
- Riddicksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddicksville
- Riddicksville is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Dort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - South Quay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Quay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Quay
- South Quay is located in Suffolk City
- Cleopus
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Como
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Como have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <6>
- Reynoldson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynoldson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County (NC)
- Lees Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Franklin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,833 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <6>
- Delaware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Handsom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Handsom is located in Southampton County
- Isaac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Elwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sarem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Gates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Gates is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gates <6>
- Somerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sarem
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cherry Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cherry Grove.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cherry Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cherry Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cherry Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5718, Longitude: -76.9180 In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Cherry Grove, 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. |