Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about City Point. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added City Point to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with City Point, please Contact Us.
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 City Point (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 City Point. 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 City Point ...
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: Citypoint.
- A typical abbreviation for City Point: City Pt.
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.
Cemeteries Near City Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of City Point.
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 City Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from City Point, with the one closest to City Point listed first.
- Appomattox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Appomattox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Appomattox Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hopewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1492175 <2>
- City Point National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Point National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Point National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hopewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109393 <2>
- Bermuda Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bermuda Memorial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bermuda Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bucher and Strachan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bucher and Strachan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bucher and Strachan Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the west of Chester.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288804 <2>
- Walker Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Family Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Walker Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walker Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the west of Chester.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264660 <2>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Sinai Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Grace Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Harrison Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harrison Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harrison Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Merchants Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merchants Hope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merchants Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Vaughan - Eyler Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vaughan - Eyler Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vaughan - Eyler Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- 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.
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Mt. Minnis Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Minnis Memorial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Minnis Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Minnis Memorial Park
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.
While we didn't find City Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of City Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from City Point, with the one closest to City Point listed first.
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bermuda Hundred. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Shirley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Meadowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Westover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Garysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Walthall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Cotman ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Ettrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Ettrick is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ettrick <6>
- Varina Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <6>
- Pembroke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Centralia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Newville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Weyanoke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Centralia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around City Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around City Point.
Newspapers Published in City Point ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around City Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of City Point, 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 City Point.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 City Point:
- 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
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 City Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- City Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in City Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3168, Longitude: -77.2775 In this case, the coordinates for City Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |