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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Derby. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Derby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Derby, 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 Derby (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 Derby. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Derby is historic, it would have been located within present day Prince George 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 Prince George County: Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Surry & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Derby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Derby:
- Prince George County (The home county of Derby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Newville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Garysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Burrowsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Amelia County
- Ammon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Brunswick County
- Callaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Westover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Kimages
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Charles City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Roxbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Bollinger Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Ettrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Braebrook Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Matoaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Meadowville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Centralia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Chesterfield Court House
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holly ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Rowanta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Grant Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Addison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Sutherland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laird ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- McKenney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Darvills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Emporia City
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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 Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Jarratt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Radium
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Deep Bottom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Glendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Varina Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Turner Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Elko
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Fort Lee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Currituck Farms
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Currituck Farms is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currituck Farms
- Lee Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lee Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Sandston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Montrose Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Joyner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Sebrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Berlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Drewryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Worrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Adams Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Capron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Pope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Ivor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Doles Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doles Crossroads is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles Crossroads
- Sedley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sedley is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedley
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Carsley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Spring Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Claremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Dendron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Surry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beachland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beachland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachland
- Itata
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Stony Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sussex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Henry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Wakefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mason
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Grizzard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Derby, see our County-by-County Page for Derby.
Cemeteries Near Derby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Derby.
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 Derby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Derby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Garys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Southlawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loving Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Mount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dinwiddie Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dinwiddie Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50042 <3>
- Smiths Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rowanta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Little Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Confederate Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blandford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
Derby itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 12 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Derby, with the one closest to Derby listed first.
- Templeton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Templeton is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Carson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Carson is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Coddyshore ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coddyshore is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddyshore
- Disputanta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rowanta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Pembroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Burgess
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Ettrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Matoaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Glendoyle ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Glendoyle is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendoyle
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Booker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Booker is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Derby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Derby.
Newspapers Published in Derby ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Derby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Derby, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Derby.
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 helpful 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 Derby:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Prince George County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Brunswick County
- Charles City County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- Petersburg City
- Richmond City
- Richmond County
- Southampton County
- Surry County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Derby, 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> | 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> | 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- Derby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |