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 Evington (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 Evington. 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 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.
Evington is located in Campbell 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 Campbell County: Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Charlotte, Halifax & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Evington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evington:
- Campbell County (The home county of Evington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Bedford Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Yellow Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Timberlake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Lawyers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Lynch Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Powhatan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Altavista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Rustburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gladys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Madison Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joshua Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Winesap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Pedlar Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Coolwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Pleasant View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Sweet Briar Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Amherst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Allwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Monitor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sandidges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Spring Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Spout Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Chap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Appomattox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beckham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Evergreen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Goode
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lowry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Huddleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cifax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Boonsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Davis Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Joppa Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Abert
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Coleman Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Moneta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Buchanan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Lithia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Blue Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Abell ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Aspenwall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Rough Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- North Shore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Westlake Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- Penhook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Laprades Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Burnt Chimney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burnt Chimney is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Cody
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Leda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Rabat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Nathalie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loftis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Sign Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Rodden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Woodbine Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lynchburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lavino Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Hurt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Brutus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Renan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Gretna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pittsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Chalk Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Markham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Markham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Riceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Sonans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sonans is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonans
- Whittles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whittles is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittles
- Whittles has also been known as:
- Whittle's Depot
- Whittle's Station
- Sheva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Java
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Glasgow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Natural Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evington, see our County-by-County Page for Evington.
Cemeteries Near Evington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evington.
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 Evington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Callaway - Steptoe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edwin J. Lee Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leftwich Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prebble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Pike Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Altavista Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitten - Hogan Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (344 more) ...
- Independence Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terrace View Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bethany 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Evington had a population of 103 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evington, with the one closest to Evington listed first.
- Bedford Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Lynch Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Yellow Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Lawyers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Gillespie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gillespie is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillespie
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Otter Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Otter Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hill
- Leesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Perrows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perrows is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrows
- Winfall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Winfall is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfall
- Rustburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Goode
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Fork is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Fork
- Motley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Motley is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evington.
Newspapers Published in Evington ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evington, 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 Evington.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Evington:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Campbell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Charlotte County
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Lynchburg City
- Pittsylvania County
- Rockbridge 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 Evington, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Evington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |