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 Harris Crossroads (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 Harris Crossroads. 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 Harris Crossroads ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Harris Crossroads: Harris Xrds.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Harris Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harris Crossroads.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Harris Crossroads is located in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County: Warren (NC), Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg & Nottoway.
Below are the counties that are near Harris Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harris Crossroads:
- Brunswick County (The home county of Harris Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Ante
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Totaro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Powellton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Edgerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Ezell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Lawrenceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Callaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Ankum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gholsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Dolphin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Gasburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Alberta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- McKenney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Laird ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Darvills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Rowanta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Emporia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Radium
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Skippers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Jarratt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Lochleven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Dundas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Bagleys Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- La Crosse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hagood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- South Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bracey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Opie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Union Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Nottoway County
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Prince George County
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Adams Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Little Texas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Koskoo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Drewryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Branchville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Joyner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Worrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Boykins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Capron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Pope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Vincent Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(19 miles [30.6 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 Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Grizzard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Stony Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Sussex
(28 miles [45.1 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 Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Roanoke Rapids
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Rosemary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Weldon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- South Weldon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Littleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Airlie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Heathsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Brinkleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Tillery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Gaston
(11 miles [17.7 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>
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henrico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seaboard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Margarettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Severn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Conway
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Pendleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Church Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Vaughan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Macon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Arcola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Warren Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harris Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Harris Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Harris Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harris Crossroads.
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 Harris Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harris Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Cordle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bowen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Hope Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sign Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Round Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greensville Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Emporia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Archer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- Clark Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Robinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Falling Run Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Harris Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harris Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harris Crossroads, with the one closest to Harris Crossroads listed first.
- Ante
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Brink
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brink is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Totaro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Powellton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Durand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durand is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Pleasant Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Shade is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Shade
- Barley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barley is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barley
- Skippers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Emporia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Valentines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valentines is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentines
- Edgerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Ezell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lawrenceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Callaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Gholsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harris Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harris Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Harris Crossroads ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harris Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harris Crossroads, 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 Harris Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Harris Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Brunswick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex County
- Halifax County
- Northampton County
- Warren 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 Harris Crossroads, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harris Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |