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 Drakes 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 Drakes 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 Drakes 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Drakes Corner: Drakes Cor. (or less commonly used: Drakes Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Drakes Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Drakes Corner may originally have been Drake's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Drakes Corner might be written as Drake Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Drakes Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Drakes Corner.
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 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.
Drakes Corner is located in Southampton 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 Southampton County: Hertford (NC), Northampton (NC), Franklin, Greensville, Suffolk City, Surry & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Drakes Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drakes Corner:
- Southampton County (The home county of Drakes Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Delaware
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Handsom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Sunbeam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbeam is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Watkins Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Corner
- Riverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Kingsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Statesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Statesville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Cypress Manor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Hunterdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Isaac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Newsoms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Edgehill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edgehill is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Emporia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Claresville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Jarratt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skippers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Isle of Wight County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Carrsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Walters
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zuni
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Raynor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Magnet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Suffolk City
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pittmantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Holland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Whaleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Whaley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Manning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Kilby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Russell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Suffolk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wilroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
- Chuckatuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
- Surry County
- Dendron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Yale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Mason
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Wakefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Henry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Sussex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Grizzard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bertie County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Powellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Powellsville is located in Bertie County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Aulander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Aulander is located in Bertie County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Hexlena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hexlena is located in Bertie County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hexlena
- Chowan County (NC)
- Gliden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gliden is located in Chowan County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gliden
- Gates County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Reynoldson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Roduco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roduco is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- Eure
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Willeyton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Gatesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Corapeake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Savage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Savage is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Sunbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Acorn Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Acorn Hill is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Hill
- Hertford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Como
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
- Barretts Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Murfreesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tuscarora Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Tunis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Cofield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Menola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Menola is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Ahoskie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Poor Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Poor Town is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
- Earleys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Earleys is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleys
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Severn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pendleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Conway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conway is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <2>
- Margarettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Potecasi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lasker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Seaboard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eagletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagletown is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
- Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Square
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drakes Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Drakes Corner.
Cemeteries Near Drakes Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drakes 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 Drakes Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drakes Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Brett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blackjack Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Oak Cemetery
- The Blackjack Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Oak Cemetery
- Southampton Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Franklin Municipal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Table Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barnes UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Spring Cemetery
- The Poplar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gillette Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Hollywood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Courtland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wester - Davis 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.<3>
While we didn't find Drakes Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Drakes Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drakes Corner, with the one closest to Drakes Corner listed first.
- Handsom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Delaware
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Riddicksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riddicksville is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddicksville
- South Quay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Quay is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Quay
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Isaac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Newsoms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Como
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
- Lees Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Mill is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Courtland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dort is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dort
- Cleopus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cleopus is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopus
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- Elwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Boykins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Carrsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drakes Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drakes Corner.
Newspapers Published in Drakes 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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drakes Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drakes Corner, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Drakes Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Drakes Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Southampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Isle of Wight County
- Suffolk City
- Surry County
- Sussex County
- Bertie County
- Chowan County
- Gates County
- Hertford County
- Northampton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Drakes Corner, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Drakes Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |