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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 Grey Point - White Stone Ferry (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 Grey Point - White Stone Ferry. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Grey Point - White Stone Ferry is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Middlesex, Northumberland & Richmond.
Below are the counties that are near Grey Point - White Stone Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Grey Point - White Stone Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Irvington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- White Stone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weems
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weems is located in Lancaster County
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- Ocran
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ocran is located in Lancaster County
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- Millenbeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
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- Kilmarnock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Ottoman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ottoman is located in Lancaster County
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- Merry Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Merry Point is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Point
- Richtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richtown is located in Lancaster County
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- Lankford Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lankford Corner is located in Lancaster County
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- Griffins Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffins Landing is located in Lancaster County
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- Monaskon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monaskon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaskon
- Accomack County
- Tangier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Bowlers Wharf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlers Wharf is located in Essex County
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- Dunnsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Freeport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- North
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glenns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glenns is located in Gloucester County
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- Adner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adner is located in Gloucester County
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- Gloucester Courthouse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gloucester Courthouse is located in Gloucester County
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- Ark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ark is located in Gloucester County
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- Money
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Money is located in Gloucester County
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- Roanes
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Roanes is located in Gloucester County
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- Belroi
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Belroi is located in Gloucester County
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- White Marsh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ordinary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Clay Bank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Bank is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Bank
- York View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- York View is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York View
- James City County
- Norge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- King and Queen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Plain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plain View is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Mattaponi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Contra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Contra is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contra
- King and Queen Court House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cumnor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cumnor is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnor
- Crouch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crouch is located in King and Queen County
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- King William County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- West Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Romancoke
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Romancoke is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romancoke
- Lanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lanesville is located in King William County
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- Mathews County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Cardinal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cardinal is located in Mathews County
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- Mathews
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Diggs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruff is located in Mathews County
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- Beaverlett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverlett is located in Mathews County
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- Onemo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Onemo is located in Mathews County
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- Susan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Susan is located in Mathews County
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- Peary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Peary is located in Mathews County
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- New Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Harmony Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Hartfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilton is located in Middlesex County
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- Grafton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton is located in Middlesex County
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- Locust Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Amburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amburg is located in Middlesex County
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- Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Stingray Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingray Point
- Urbanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saluda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Remlik
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nesting
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nesting is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesting
- New Kent County
- Plum Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plum Point is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Newport News City
- Lee Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lee Hall is located in Newport News City
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- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Pleasant Cove Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Cove Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove Village
- Jamesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jamesville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Bridgetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgetown is located in Northampton County
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- Wardtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wardtown is located in Northampton County
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- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Lynhams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lynhams is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynhams
- Remo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Remo is located in Northumberland County
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- Fleeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fleeton is located in Northumberland County
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- Blackwells
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
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- Lara
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lara is located in Northumberland County
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- Reedville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heathsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sunnybank
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
- Ophelia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rainswood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
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- Bundick
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bundick is located in Northumberland County
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- Coan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coan is located in Northumberland County
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- Lodge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lodge is located in Northumberland County
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- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Simonson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Simonson is located in Richmond County
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- Downings
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Downings is located in Richmond County
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- Farnham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farnham is located in Richmond County
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- Simons Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Simons Corner is located in Richmond County
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- Emmerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Emmerton is located in Richmond County
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- Rich Neck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Neck is located in Richmond County
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- Warsaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Kinsale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Griffiths Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Griffiths Corner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths Corner
- Williamsburg City
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Barlows Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barlows Corner is located in York County
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- Oaktree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oaktree is located in York County
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- Charles Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Charles Corner is located in York County
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- Lackey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lackey is located in York County
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- Yorktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rochambeau Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rochambeau Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochambeau Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Grey Point - White Stone Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Grey Point - White Stone Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grey Point - White Stone Ferry.
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 Grey Point - White Stone Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grey Point - White Stone Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- White Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Irvington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Irvington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Claybrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- White Stone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Christ Church Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sharon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lower UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- St. Francis De Sales Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Grey Point - White Stone Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grey Point - White Stone Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, with the one closest to Grey Point - White Stone Ferry listed first.
- Weems
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- White Stone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Irvington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bushy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bushy is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy
- Harmony Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Millenbeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millenbeck
- Locust Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Grinels
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grinels is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinels
- Cooper
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cooper is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Kilmarnock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Freeport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Westland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Lynhams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lynhams is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynhams
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grey Point - White Stone Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grey Point - White Stone Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Grey Point - White Stone Ferry ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grey Point - White Stone Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grey Point - White Stone Ferry.
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 either 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 Grey Point - White Stone Ferry:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Accomack County
- Essex County
- Gloucester County
- James City County
- King and Queen County
- King William County
- Mathews County
- Middlesex County
- New Kent County
- Newport News City
- Northampton County
- Northumberland County
- Richmond County
- Westmoreland County
- Williamsburg City
- York 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Grafton and Hartfield. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | 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- Grey Point - White Stone Ferry) 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 Grey Point - White Stone Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |