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 Dry Pond (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 Dry Pond. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Dry Pond is located in Patrick 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 Patrick County: Stokes (NC), Surry (NC), Carroll, Floyd, Franklin & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Dry Pond. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dry Pond:
- Patrick County (The home county of Dry Pond)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Peters Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Stuart
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Patrick Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ararat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadows of Dan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Critz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nettleridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Stella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Woolwine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Charity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Dodson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Pike City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Nester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Gladesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Cana
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fancy Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dugspur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lambsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hillsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Pipers Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Woodlawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sylvatus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Haycock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Floyd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Duncan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Poff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Pizarro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Indian Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sowers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Henry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prilliman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Ferrum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson County
- Low Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Horse Pasture
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Fieldale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bassett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stanleytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Villa Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Ridgeway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Oak Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Chatmoss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Martinsville City
- Martinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Forsyth County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- King
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- King is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,912 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King <1>
- Bannertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Heritage Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- The Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Rural Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tobaccoville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Trails
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Trails is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Trails
- Creek View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Donnaha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Dennis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Stanleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stanleyville is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
- Temora Lake Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Temora Lake Estates is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temora Lake Estates
- Belews Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belews Creek is located in Forsyth County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Mayodan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Matrimony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Ellisboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Gold Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Stokes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Aarons Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Campbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Lawsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Snow Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Vade Mecum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Oak Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Flat Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Danbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Capella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Capella is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Amostown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Quaker Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Albion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Mount Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Westfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Sheltontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Flat Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Pilot Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Airy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Toast
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Ararat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- White Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Black Water
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Yadkin County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- East Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Richmond Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Forbush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Nebo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dry Pond, see our County-by-County Page for Dry Pond.
Cemeteries Near Dry Pond ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dry Pond.
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 Dry Pond - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dry Pond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Creaseys Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Robert L. Beasely Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beasley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mayo Mtn. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hatcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Minnies Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wayside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stuart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stuart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stuart.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968882 <2>
- Rye Cove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Cove Cemetery
- The Rye Cove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fain Family Cemetery
- Handy Family Cemetery
- Handy - Rye Cemetery
- Light Family Cemetery
- Ray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Danube Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (696 more) ...
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Albion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beasley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Dry Pond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dry Pond.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dry Pond, with the one closest to Dry Pond listed first.
- Peters Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Dobyns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dobyns is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobyns
- Francisco
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Stuart
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Palmetto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Carters Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Westfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vesta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Meadows of Dan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nettleridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Critz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Ridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Ridge
- Laurel Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dry Pond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dry Pond.
Newspapers Published in Dry Pond ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Pond.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dry Pond, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dry Pond.
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 Dry Pond:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Patrick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Grayson County
- Henry County
- Martinsville City
- Forsyth County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Yadkin 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 Dry Pond, 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 from Point A (ie- Dry Pond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |