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 Hinesville (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 Hinesville. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Hinesville is located in Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania County: Caswell (NC), Rockingham (NC), Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Halifax & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Hinesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hinesville:
- Pittsylvania County (The home county of Hinesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Swansonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Grady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Mount Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Ridgecrest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Worlds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds
- Weal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Cascade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Tightsqueeze
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tightsqueeze is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightsqueeze
- Chatham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Museville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Museville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Kentuck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Spring Garden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Transco Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Transco Village is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transco Village
- Bedford County
- Radford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
- Campbell County
- Leesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Danville City
- Danville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Laprades Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Penhook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sydnorsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Union Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Henry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Redwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- North Shore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Prilliman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Rocky Mount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barfoot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Ferrum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Villa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Sutherlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Delila
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Elmo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Sign Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Rodden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Jones
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jones is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Leda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Axton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Irisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Sandy Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Laurel Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Chatmoss
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Ridgeway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Villa Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Reed Creek Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Fieldale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Horse Pasture
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Oak Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Madison County
- Beaver Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Martinsville City
- Martinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Dodson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Whitetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Gatewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Pelham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Providence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Quick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Quick is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Blanch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Yanceyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Estelle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Yanceyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Draper ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Meadow Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Spray ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Ruffin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- College Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Matrimony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Lawsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Providence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Wentworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Stoneville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stokes County (NC)
- Amostown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hinesville, see our County-by-County Page for Hinesville.
Cemeteries Near Hinesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hinesville.
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 Hinesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hinesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Gregory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Soyar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Scearce Gammon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Homestead Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Danville Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weal Presbyterian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Berry Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Burial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Burial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Burial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Danville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50621 <3>
- Lawrence Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (555 more) ...
- Wyatt Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hinesville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hinesville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hinesville, with the one closest to Hinesville listed first.
- Vance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Vance is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Whitmell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whitmell is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmell
- Swansonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Sandy River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sandy River is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River
- Brosville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brosville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brosville
- Banister
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Banister is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister
- Mount Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Grady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Bachelors Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bachelors Hall is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelors Hall
- Pleasant Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Gap is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Axton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Callands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Callands is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callands
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stockton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stockton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Buford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buford is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Vandola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vandola is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hinesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hinesville.
Newspapers Published in Hinesville ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hinesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hinesville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hinesville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hinesville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Pittsylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Campbell County
- Danville City
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick County
- Caswell County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hinesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hinesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |