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 Greenwood Park (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 Greenwood Park. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Greenwood Park is located in Greensville 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 Greensville County: Northampton (NC), Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Southampton & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Greenwood Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwood Park:
- Greensville County (The home county of Greenwood Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Radium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Skippers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jarratt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Claresville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Totaro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Callaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Ante
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Edgerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Powellton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Dolphin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Lawrenceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ezell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Ankum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gholsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Alberta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Gasburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Laird ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- McKenney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Rowanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Darvills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Emporia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- White City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Dundas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Lochleven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Mecklenburg County
- La Crosse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nottoway County
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Adams Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Drewryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Koskoo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Little Texas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Joyner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Worrell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Capron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Branchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Shiloh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Pope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Vincent Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Boykins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sebrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Grizzard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Yale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stony Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Roanoke Rapids
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Rosemary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Weldon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South Weldon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Halifax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Littleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gaston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
- Margarettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Seaboard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Henrico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Severn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pendleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Conway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <1>
- Lasker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwood Park, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwood Park.
Cemeteries Near Greenwood Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwood Park.
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 Greenwood Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwood Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Emporia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cottage Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greensville Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Falling Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bowen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Round Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cowie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grigg Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- New Hope Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Powell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cordle 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>
While we didn't find Greenwood Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwood Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwood Park, with the one closest to Greenwood Park listed first.
- Durand
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Durand is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Emporia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Shade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Shade is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Shade
- James River Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- James River Junction is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River Junction
- Green Plain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Plain is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Plain
- Grizzard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Skippers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Totaro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Brink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brink is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Jarratt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ante
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Claresville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Callaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Adams Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwood Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwood Park.
Newspapers Published in Greenwood Park ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwood Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwood Park, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenwood Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Greenwood Park:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Greensville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex County
- Halifax County
- Northampton 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 Greenwood Park, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |