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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Deacon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Deacon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Deacon, 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 Deacon (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 Deacon. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Deacon is historic, it would have been located within present day Campbell 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 Campbell County: Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Charlotte, Halifax & Pittsylvania.

Below are the counties that are near Deacon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deacon:

  • Campbell County     (The home county of Deacon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Mount Athos ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
    • Concord
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rustburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lawyers
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawyers is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
    • Powhatan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Powhatan is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
    • Timberlake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Timberlake is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • Yellow Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
    • Mount Zion
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Bedford Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
    • Gladys
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hat Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
    • Lynch Station
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
  • Amherst County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Joshua Falls
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
    • Madison Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Winesap
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Winesap is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
    • Coolwell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Coolwell is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
    • Sweet Briar Station
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
    • Walkers Ford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
    • Amherst
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Monitor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Monitor is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
    • Pedlar Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
    • New Glasgow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
    • Pleasant View
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Allwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Allwood is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
  • Appomattox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Spout Spring
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
    • Beckham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Beckham is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
    • Mineral ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mineral is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
    • Appomattox
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Spring Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
    • Bent Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
    • Chap
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Chap is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
    • Evergreen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Pamplin City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hurtsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
  • Bedford City
    • Bedford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Bedford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Abert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Abert is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
    • Boonsboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
    • Forest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Coleman Falls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
    • Waugh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Waugh is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
    • Bellevue
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bellevue is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Goode
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cifax
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Cifax is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
    • Lowry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Lowry is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
    • Peaksville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Peaksville is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
    • Huddleston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Joppa Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
  • Buckingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Forbes ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Forbes is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
    • Toga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Toga is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
    • Alcoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
    • Andersonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Manteo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Manteo is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Mount Vinco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
    • Buckingham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Enonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Enonville is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
  • Buena Vista City
    • Buena Vista
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Charlotte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Abell ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Abell is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
    • Rough Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
    • Phenix
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Phenix is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Aspenwall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
    • Cullen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cullen is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
  • Halifax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Cody
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Cody is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
    • Rabat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Rabat is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
  • Lynchburg City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Lynchburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lavino Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
    • Woodbine Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Gladstone
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
    • Arrington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Norwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwood is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
    • Colleen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Colleen is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
    • Massies Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
    • Shipman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shipman is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
    • Jonesboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
    • Bryant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bryant is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Warminster
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Warminster is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
    • Tyro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Old Myndus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
  • Pittsylvania County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Hurt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <2>
    • Brutus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
    • Renan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
  • Prince Edward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Darlington Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
    • Five Forks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Rockbridge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.
    • Glasgow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenlee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
    • Buffalo Forge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
    • Fancy Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
    • Natural Bridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deacon, see our County-by-County Page for Deacon.

Cemeteries Near Deacon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deacon.

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 Deacon - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deacon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.

  • Grace Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Feagans Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Arch Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Megginson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Carson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mead Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Beth Joseph Agudath Sholom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Scott Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rose Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Falwell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Drinkard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (174 more) ...
    • White Rock Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Falwell Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Burford Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.

While we didn't find Deacon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deacon.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Deacon, with the one closest to Deacon listed first.

  • Mount Athos ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
  • Joshua Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
  • Bocock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bocock is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bocock
  • Concord
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stapleton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Stapleton is located in Amherst County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
  • Coolwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Coolwell is located in Amherst County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
  • Rustburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Old Pilot ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Pilot is located in Appomattox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pilot
  • Mineral ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mineral is located in Appomattox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
  • Walkers Ford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
  • Elon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Elon is located in Amherst County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
  • Lawyers
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawyers is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Oakville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Oakville is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Salt Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Salt Creek is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
    • Abert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Abert is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deacon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deacon.

Newspapers Published in Deacon ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deacon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deacon, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deacon.

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 Deacon:

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 Deacon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Deacon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.