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 Cool Spring (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 Cool Spring. 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 Cool Spring ...
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.
Another variation: Coolspring.
- A typical abbreviation for Cool Spring: Cool Spg. (or less commonly used: Cool Spng. or Cool Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cool Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cool Spring.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Cool Spring is located in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County: Warren (NC), Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg & Nottoway.
Below are the counties that are near Cool Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cool Spring:
- Brunswick County (The home county of Cool Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Dolphin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Edgerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Alberta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Callaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Ezell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Totaro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Netta ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Powellton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Gholsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Ante
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Brodnax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Ammon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Earls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- McKenney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darvills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Laird ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Wilsons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Rowanta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Sutherland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Emporia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- White City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Radium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Skippers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Dundas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Lochleven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Kenbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bagleys Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Oral Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Victoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Lunenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Nutbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- La Crosse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hagood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Opie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Marengo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Ogburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Bracey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Union Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Dunns Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Wightman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Palmer Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Blackstone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winnie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Spainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Crewe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prince George County
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Adams Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Drewryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Koskoo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Grizzard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Henry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Stony Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Yale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Sussex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Littleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roanoke Rapids
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Rosemary
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Weldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Henrico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gaston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
- Pleasant Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Church Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Vaughan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Macon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cool Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Cool Spring.
Cemeteries Near Cool Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cool Spring.
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 Cool Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cool Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Barnes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Perkinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bragg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Raney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Flinn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Cool Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cool Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cool Spring, with the one closest to Cool Spring listed first.
- Edgerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Sturgeonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sturgeonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeonville
- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Octagon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Octagon is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Meredithville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Meredithville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredithville
- Edmunds Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edmunds Store is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Store
- Ordsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ordsburg is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordsburg
- Callaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Ezell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Totaro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Diamond Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Grove is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Grove
- Barrows Store
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barrows Store is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows Store
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Powellton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Pleasant Shade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Shade is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Shade
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cool Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cool Spring.
Newspapers Published in Cool Spring ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cool Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cool Spring, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cool Spring.
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 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 Cool Spring:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Brunswick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex County
- Halifax County
- Northampton County
- Warren 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 Cool Spring, 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' (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- Cool Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |