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 Hixburg (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 Hixburg. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Hixburg is located in Appomattox 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 Appomattox County: Amherst, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Nelson & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Hixburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hixburg:
- Appomattox County (The home county of Hixburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Hurtsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Pamplin City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Appomattox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Spout Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Spring Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Bent Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Beckham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Albemarle County
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Rodophil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Paineville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Walkers Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Joshua Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- New Glasgow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Madison Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Amherst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coolwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Sweet Briar Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Winesap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Sheppards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Andersonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Curdsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Enonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Alcoma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Vinco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Dillwyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Gravel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hat Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Mount Zion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Brookneal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rustburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gladys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Yellow Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Lawyers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Cullen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Abilene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Rough Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Phenix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Charlotte Court House
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Abell ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Keysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drakes Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Aspenwall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Guinea Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cotton Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Cumberland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Trents Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Trenton Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Halifax County
- Rabat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Meherrin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Pleasant Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Nutbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Lynchburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lavino Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Gladstone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Norwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Warminster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Arrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shipman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Colleen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Burkeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Crewe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Five Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Tuggle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Darlington Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Blake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Farmville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hixburg, see our County-by-County Page for Hixburg.
Cemeteries Near Hixburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hixburg.
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 Hixburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hixburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Old Olive Branch UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Branch UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oaks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Grove Bapist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethpeor Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethpeor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (167 more) ...
- St. Ann Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Lyle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hixburg had a population of 56 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hixburg, with the one closest to Hixburg listed first.
- Hurtsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Pamplin City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hollywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hollywood is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Evergreen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Five Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Tuggle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Madisonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Madisonville is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Darlington Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Tredway ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tredway is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tredway
- Sheppards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Andersonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Hampden - Sydney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hixburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hixburg.
Newspapers Published in Hixburg ...
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 Hixburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hixburg, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hixburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hixburg:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Appomattox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Amherst County
- Buckingham County
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Cumberland County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg County
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Nottoway County
- Prince Edward 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> | 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- Hixburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hixburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |