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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Glendoyle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Glendoyle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Glendoyle, 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 Glendoyle (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 Glendoyle. 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 southwest 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Glendoyle is historic, it would have been located within present day Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie County: Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Greensville, Nottoway, Prince George & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Glendoyle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glendoyle:
- Dinwiddie County (The home county of Glendoyle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Laird ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Rowanta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Sutherland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McKenney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Addison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Maitland Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Grant Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Darvills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Hebron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Ammon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Earls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Amelia Court House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Callaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Dolphin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Totaro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Alberta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Edgerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ante
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Ezell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Powellton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Kimages
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Westover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Matoaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Ettrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bollinger Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Holly ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chesterfield Court House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Winterpock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Centralia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- White City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Emporia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Jarratt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Radium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Claresville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Deep Bottom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Varina Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Dundas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Lochleven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Spainville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Blackstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powhatan County
- Pilkinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Newville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Garysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Burrowsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(30 miles [48.3 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 Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Joyner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Adams Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Drewryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Worrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Capron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Sebrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Surry County
- Carsley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Stony Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Henry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Yale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Mason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Grizzard
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glendoyle, see our County-by-County Page for Glendoyle.
Cemeteries Near Glendoyle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glendoyle.
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 Glendoyle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glendoyle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Mt. Level Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkins Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ampy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wittbuish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Butterworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bott Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boisseau Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rowanta Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eleven Oaks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.
Glendoyle itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glendoyle, with the one closest to Glendoyle listed first.
- Laird ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Rowanta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Burgess
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burgess is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Carson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carson is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Sutherland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Templeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Templeton is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Marmona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marmona is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmona
- Derby ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pembroke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pembroke is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Matoaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Coddyshore ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coddyshore is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddyshore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glendoyle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glendoyle.
Newspapers Published in Glendoyle ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glendoyle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glendoyle, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glendoyle.
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 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 Glendoyle:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Dinwiddie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Brunswick County
- Charles City County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- Lunenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Petersburg City
- Powhatan County
- Prince George County
- 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 Glendoyle, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glendoyle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |