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 Chestnut Knob (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 Chestnut Knob. 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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Chestnut Knob is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Rockingham (NC), Stokes (NC), Franklin, Patrick & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Chestnut Knob. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chestnut Knob:
- Henry County (The home county of Chestnut Knob)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Horse Pasture
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Preston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Ridgeway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Villa Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Chatmoss
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Collinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Irisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Stanleytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reed Creek Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Bassett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Axton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Danville City
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Haycock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Pizarro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Floyd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Henry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Prilliman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Sydnorsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Ferrum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barfoot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Rocky Mount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Laprades Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Hickman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Redwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Gogginsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Penhook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Martinsville City
- Martinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Stella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Critz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nettleridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Patrick Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dodson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Elamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Stuart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Charity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Peters Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Woolwine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows of Dan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Cascade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Grady
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Swansonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Mount Cross
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Worlds
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds
- Museville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Museville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Ridgecrest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Weal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Tightsqueeze
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tightsqueeze is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightsqueeze
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Pelham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Whitetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Quick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quick is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Gatewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Forsyth County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Stonewood Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stonewood Acres is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood Acres
- Belews Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Crims Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crims Crossroads is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crims Crossroads
- Brinkley Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brinkley Estates is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Estates
- Pine Knolls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Knolls is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knolls
- Guilford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Scalesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Scalesville is located in Guilford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalesville
- Stokesdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Summerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Browns Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Matrimony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Stoneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <1>
- Providence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Spray ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Meadow Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Mayodan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Draper ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- College Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wentworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Stokes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Amostown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Sandy Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Snow Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Campbell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Lawsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Pine Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Danbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Bailey Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Walnut Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Surry County (NC)
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chestnut Knob, see our County-by-County Page for Chestnut Knob.
Cemeteries Near Chestnut Knob ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chestnut Knob.
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 Chestnut Knob - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chestnut Knob covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Chestnut Knob Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knob Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chestnut Knob Cemetery is located
- The Chestnut Knob Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barnes Cemetery
- Barnes Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2303562 <2>
- Peoples Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Price UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price UMC Cemetery
- The Price UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Price Cemetery
- Mt. Olive East Christian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Christian View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barrow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roselawn Burial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Price Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Matthews Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (618 more) ...
- Roberts - Sneed Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Floyd Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Chestnut Knob in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chestnut Knob.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chestnut Knob, with the one closest to Chestnut Knob listed first.
- Horse Pasture
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Ridgeway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Preston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Price
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Price is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spencer is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Matrimony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Irisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Reed Creek Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Blackberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackberry is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Stella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Stoneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stockton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Leaksville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leaksville is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Spray ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Aiken Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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 Chestnut Knob. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chestnut Knob.
Newspapers Published in Chestnut Knob ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chestnut Knob.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chestnut Knob, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chestnut Knob.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Chestnut Knob:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Danville City
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick County
- Pittsylvania County
- Caswell County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry 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 Chestnut Knob, 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- Chestnut Knob) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |