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 Dodson Corner (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 Dodson Corner. 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 Dodson Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Dodson Corner: Dodson Cor. (or less commonly used: Dodson Crn.)
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 northwest 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 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.
Dodson Corner is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County: Granville (NC), Vance (NC), Warren (NC), Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax & Lunenburg.
Below are the counties that are near Dodson Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dodson Corner:
- Mecklenburg County (The home county of Dodson Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Chase City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Skipwith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Boydton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Finchley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Dunns Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Wightman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Jeffress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Orgainville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Union Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Finneywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Cusco Willa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Brodnax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Alberta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Gholsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Wylliesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Drakes Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Charlotte Court House
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abilene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Aspenwall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Cullen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Phenix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Aarons Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Clover
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Omega
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Virgilina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clays Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- South Boston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mayo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Banister Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Crystal Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Halifax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cluster Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Westside Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Wattsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Bagleys Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Oral Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Pleasant Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Lunenburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Victoria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Kenbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lochleven
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Meherrin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Dundas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Nottoway County
- Winnie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Prince Edward County
- Green Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Townsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bullock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stovall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stovall is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Gela
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gela is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Wilbourns
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oxford is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,905 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <1>
- Vance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Drewry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Drewry is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Middleburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dabney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dabney is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adcock Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- South Henderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Wise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Manson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Norlina
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Soul City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Soul City is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Snow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warren Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Church Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Macon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Afton is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dodson Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Dodson Corner.
Cemeteries Near Dodson Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dodson Corner.
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 Dodson Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dodson Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Easters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Chase City.
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chase City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52730 <2>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fields Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- Black Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Dodson Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dodson Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dodson Corner, with the one closest to Dodson Corner listed first.
- Muck Cross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Muck Cross is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck Cross
- Skipwith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Chase City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boydton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Finchley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Drapersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Drapersville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drapersville
- Antlers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Antlers is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
- Jeffress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Wightman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Orgainville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Baskerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baskerville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskerville
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Finneywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Cusco Willa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Union Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dodson Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dodson Corner.
Newspapers Published in Dodson Corner ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dodson Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dodson Corner, 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 Dodson Corner.
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 either 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 Dodson Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Mecklenburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Charlotte County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Prince Edward County
- Spotsylvania County
- Granville County
- Vance County
- Warren 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 Dodson Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Dodson Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |