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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 Higgins 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 Higgins 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 Higgins 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.
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 Higgins Crossroads: Higgins Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Higgins Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Higgins Crossroads may originally have been Higgin's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Higgins Crossroads might be written as Higgin 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 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.
Higgins Crossroads is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, Pulaski, Surry & Wythe.
Below are the counties that are near Higgins Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Higgins Crossroads:
- Carroll County (The home county of Higgins Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Pipers Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lambsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Gladesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Nester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Sheep Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Indian Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Galax City
- Galax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Fries
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elk Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bridle Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Flat Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Ararat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Meadows of Dan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Peters Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Stuart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Draper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mack Creek Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Newbern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wurno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Snowville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Austinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Fort Chiswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Locust Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Speedwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Max Meadows
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Rowe Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Wytheville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crockett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Retreat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Edmonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <2>
- Amelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Piney Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Laurel Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Topia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Stokes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Aarons Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Flat Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Pinnacle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Low Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Round Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Red Brush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Toast
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Mount Airy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Devotion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Devotion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Flat Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- White Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Dobson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sheltontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Mountain Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Holly Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Wilkes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Traphill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Lomax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Moxley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Ronda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dehart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Yadkin County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Jonesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Boonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richmond Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Higgins Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Higgins Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Higgins Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Higgins 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 Higgins Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Higgins Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Crooked Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Creek Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carroll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beamer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (630 more) ...
- Old Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams - Jenkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Higgins Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Higgins Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Higgins Crossroads, with the one closest to Higgins Crossroads listed first.
- Pipers Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Wolf Glade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Glade is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Glade
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lambsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edmonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Low Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Round Peak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Grayson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grayson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ladonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Pine Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Gladesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Higgins Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Higgins Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Higgins 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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Higgins Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Higgins Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Higgins Crossroads.
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 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 Higgins Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Patrick County
- Pulaski County
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin 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> | 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 Higgins Crossroads, 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- Higgins Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |