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 Danripple (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 Danripple. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Danripple is located in Halifax 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 Halifax County: Caswell (NC), Granville (NC), Person (NC), Campbell, Charlotte, Mecklenburg & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Danripple. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Danripple:
- Halifax County (The home county of Danripple)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cluster Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Jones
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jones is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Elmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Delila
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- South Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westside Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Mayo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Sutherlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Halifax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Banister Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Brookneal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Melrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Wylliesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aspenwall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Danville City
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- Beaver Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Nelson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Averett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Henrico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Shiny Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Clarksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Orgainville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Mill Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Jeffress
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Finchley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Skipwith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Laurel Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Henrys Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henrys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mill
- Kentuck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Lucks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lucks is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucks
- Java
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Spring Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Riceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Markham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Markham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Ridgecrest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Transco Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Transco Village is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transco Village
- Sheva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Sonans
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sonans is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonans
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Semora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Estelle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Blanch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leasburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Providence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Gatewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Yanceyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Whitetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- West Yanceyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Durham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Rougemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Durham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Wilbourns
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Berea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Bullock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gela
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gela is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Stovall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stovall is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Orange County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Berryland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Berryland is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Laws
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Laws is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Kindful Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Caldwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Caldwell is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Carr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carr is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Fieldstream
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fieldstream is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldstream
- Larry Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- Springcrest Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Person County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Ceffo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ceffo is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hicks Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Whitt Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Allensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Roseville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Allens Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Allens Level is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Cates
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cates is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Hurdle Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Tirzah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Timberlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Danripple, see our County-by-County Page for Danripple.
Cemeteries Near Danripple ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Danripple.
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 Danripple - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Danripple covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Cross Road Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Walnut Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cunningham Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Family Cemetery
- The Cunningham Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cuningham Family Cemetery
- Cunningham Cemetery
- Waverly Plantation Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2310319 <2>
- New Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reaves - Riggsby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Ephesus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Danripple in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Danripple.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Danripple, with the one closest to Danripple listed first.
- Turbeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Turbeville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turbeville
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paces
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paces is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paces
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Elmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Delila
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Cunningham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cunningham is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Barksdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barksdale is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
- Mayo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- South Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Hyco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hyco is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyco
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mountain Road
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mountain Road is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Road
- Sutherlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Woodsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodsdale is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Danripple. See our List of 1890's Communities around Danripple.
Newspapers Published in Danripple ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Danripple.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Danripple, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Danripple.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Danripple:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Halifax County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Danville City
- Fluvanna County
- Madison County
- Mecklenburg County
- Pittsylvania County
- Caswell County
- Durham County
- Granville County
- Orange County
- Person 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 Danripple, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Danripple) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |