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 Cruzes Store (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 Cruzes Store. 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 Cruzes Store ...
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.
While the name of this community is Cruzes Store, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cruzes Store may originally have been Cruze's Store.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cruzes Store might be written as Cruze Store.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Cruzes Store is located in Patrick 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 Patrick County: Stokes (NC), Surry (NC), Carroll, Floyd, Franklin & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Cruzes Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cruzes Store:
- Patrick County (The home county of Cruzes Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Stuart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Patrick Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Woolwine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Meadows of Dan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Critz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nettleridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Charity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Stella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Carters Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Ararat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dodson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Pike City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Nester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Gladesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Dugspur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fancy Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hillsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Star
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Lambsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Drenn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Sylvatus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Woodlawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Haycock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Floyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pizarro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Poff
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Duncan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Indian Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sowers
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Simpsons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Terrys Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Henry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prilliman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Ferrum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sydnorsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Algoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Algoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Barfoot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Hickman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Rocky Mount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Bassett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Fieldale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Horse Pasture
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Stanleytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Collinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Villa Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Oak Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Ridgeway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chatmoss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Irisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Martinsville City
- Martinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Pilot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rogers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Childress
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pulaski County
- Snowville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Forsyth County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- King
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- King is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,912 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King <2>
- Bannertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Chestnut Trails
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Heritage Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- The Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Rural Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tobaccoville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Mayodan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Matrimony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Stoneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Ellisboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Spray ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Stokes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Aarons Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Campbell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Lawsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Snow Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Oak Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Sandy Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amostown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Vade Mecum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Danbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Capella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Capella is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Flat Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Meadows
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Albion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Mount Herman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Westfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Sheltontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Holly Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Mount Airy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toast
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Ararat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- White Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Red Brush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cruzes Store, see our County-by-County Page for Cruzes Store.
Cemeteries Near Cruzes Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cruzes Store.
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 Cruzes Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cruzes Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Bouldin Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stuart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stuart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stuart.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968882 <3>
- Rye Cove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Cove Cemetery
- The Rye Cove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fain Family Cemetery
- Handy Family Cemetery
- Handy - Rye Cemetery
- Light Family Cemetery
- Mayo Mtn. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wayside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patrick Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patrick Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cockram Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- High Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Dan River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Creaseys Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big A Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (770 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Critz Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Conners View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cruzes Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cruzes Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cruzes Store, with the one closest to Cruzes Store listed first.
- Stuart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dobyns
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dobyns is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobyns
- Buffalo Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Ridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Ridge
- Patrick Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vesta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Elamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Woolwine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Meadows of Dan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Critz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Nettleridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Campbell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Charity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Stella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cruzes Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cruzes Store.
Newspapers Published in Cruzes Store ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cruzes Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cruzes Store, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cruzes Store.
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 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 Cruzes Store:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Patrick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Martinsville City
- Montgomery County
- Pulaski County
- Forsyth County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cruzes Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cruzes Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |