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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 Grays 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 Grays 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 Grays 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 Grays Corner: Grays Cor. (or less commonly used: Grays Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Grays Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grays Corner may originally have been Gray's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grays Corner might be written as Gray Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grays Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grays 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Grays Corner is located in Buckingham 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 Buckingham County: Albemarle, Appomattox, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Nelson & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Grays Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grays Corner:
- Buckingham County (The home county of Grays Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Glenmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Manteo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Axtell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Mount Vinco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Centenary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Alcoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Toga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Enonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Dillwyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Warren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Esmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Porters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Scottsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Keene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alberene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Covesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- North Garden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Woodridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Batesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Simeon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Walkers Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- New Glasgow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Amherst
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lowesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monitor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sweet Briar Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Coolwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Joshua Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Sandidges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Madison Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Bent Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Beckham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Hurtsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Appomattox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Spout Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Pamplin City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Augusta County
- Sherando
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Trents Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Trenton Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Guinea Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cumberland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Cotton Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Nicholas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Antioch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Weber City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fork Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Columbia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Warminster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Norwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Schuyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rockfish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Shipman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Buffalo Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Faber
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gladstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Old Myndus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Colleen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Adial
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Tuggle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Farmville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Five Forks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Blake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grays Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Grays Corner.
Cemeteries Near Grays Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grays 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 Grays Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grays Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Mt. Tabor UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Joy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fork Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buckingham Community Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mourning Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Branch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Hanes Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- George Nicholas Tapscott Family Cemetery
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery
- The Chestnut Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Grays Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grays Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grays Corner, with the one closest to Grays Corner listed first.
- Camm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Camm is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camm
- Glenmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Manteo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Axtell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Mount Vinco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Warminster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Midway Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Midway Mills is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Mills
- Howardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Wingina
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wingina is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
- Centenary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- McCullough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McCullough is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullough
- Warren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Allenslevel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Allenslevel is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenslevel
- Eldridge Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eldridge Mill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Mill
- Hatton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hatton is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grays Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grays Corner.
Newspapers Published in Grays 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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grays Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grays Corner, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grays Corner.
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 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 Grays Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Buckingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Campbell County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Nelson County
- Prince Edward 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> | 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- Grays Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Grays Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |