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 Denaro (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 Denaro. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Denaro is located in Amelia 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 Amelia County: Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Powhatan & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Denaro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Denaro:
- Amelia County (The home county of Denaro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Earls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Amelia Court House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ammon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Paineville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Rodophil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Lodore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Masons Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Alberta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Dolphin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Curdsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Sheppards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Charlotte County
- Keysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Winterpock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Holly ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Otterdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Midlothian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterfield Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Matoaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Robious
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robious is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robious
- Bollinger Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Beulah Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Bon Air
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Cotton Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Guinea Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Trents Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Trenton Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Lakeside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Wilsons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Darvills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- McKenney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sutherland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Addison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Laird ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Grant Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Thorncliff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Maidens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Goochland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Henrico County
- Lorraine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Kenbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nutbush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Victoria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Meherrin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Lunenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Oral Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Lochleven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Pleasant Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wattsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Bagleys Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Spainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Crewe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blackstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Burkeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Winnie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Pilkinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Dorset
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Belona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Huguenot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Michaux
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Beaumont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Green Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blake Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Tuggle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Denaro, see our County-by-County Page for Denaro.
Cemeteries Near Denaro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Denaro.
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 Denaro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Denaro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Big Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rennie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Towler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel United Bethodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lunsalord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belfast Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Amelia Court House.
- The Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amelia Cemetery
- Amelia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49230 <2>
- Tucker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oliver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Farley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Denaro had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Denaro, with the one closest to Denaro listed first.
- Earls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Amelia Court House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jetersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Otterburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Otterburn is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterburn
- Wellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wellville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellville
- Mannboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mannboro is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannboro
- Jennings Ordinary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ordinary
- Crewe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nottoway Court House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nottoway Court House is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottoway Court House
- Wilsons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Chula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chula is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Blackstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Deatonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deatonville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatonville
- Burkeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Denaro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Denaro.
Newspapers Published in Denaro ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Denaro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Denaro, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Denaro.
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 Denaro:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Amelia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Buckingham County
- Charlotte County
- Chesterfield County
- Cumberland County
- Dinwiddie County
- Goochland County
- Henrico County
- Lunenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward 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 Denaro, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Denaro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |