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 Hurt (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 Hurt. 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.
Hurt 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 Hurt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hurt:
- Pittsylvania County (The home county of Hurt)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Brutus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Gretna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Renan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Pittsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Chalk Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Sonans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sonans is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonans
- Markham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Markham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Sheva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Whittles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Whittles is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittles
- Whittles has also been known as:
- Whittle's Depot
- Whittle's Station
- Riceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Java
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Transco Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Transco Village is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transco Village
- Chatham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Madison Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Joshua Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Winesap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Spring Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Chap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Spout Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Huddleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Radford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
- Bellevue
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Goode
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moneta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Joppa Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Lowry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Cifax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Clevilas ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clevilas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevilas
- Boonsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Goodview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Altavista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lynch Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Leesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Gladys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Yellow Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Melrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Bedford Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Lawyers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Timberlake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Mount Zion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rustburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Powhatan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Brookneal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Abell ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Aspenwall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Rough Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Phenix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Penhook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Shore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Laprades Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Union Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westlake Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Burnt Chimney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnt Chimney is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney
- Redwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Villa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Cody
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Leda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Rabat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Rodden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Sign Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Loftis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Nathalie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Jones
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Elmo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Banister Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Clays Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Halifax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Woodbine Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lynchburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lavino Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Madison County
- Beaver Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hurt, see our County-by-County Page for Hurt.
Cemeteries Near Hurt ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hurt.
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 Hurt - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hurt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Altavista Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Independence Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midway Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stone Road Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leftwich Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (429 more) ...
- Winfall Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pines Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pines Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pines Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Gretna.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hurt in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hurt.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hurt, with the one closest to Hurt listed first.
- Motley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Hill Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove
- Lynch Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Perrows
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Perrows is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrows
- Leesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Brutus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Level Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Level Run is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Run
- Glenland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenland is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenland
- Brights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brights is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brights
- Straightstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Straightstone is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straightstone
- Marysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marysville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Evington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Evington is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evington
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Cedar Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Forest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Forest
- Pittsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hurt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hurt.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hurt ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hurt.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hurt. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hurt and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hurt.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Hurt.
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 Hurt:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Pittsylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Lynchburg City
- Madison 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 Hurt, 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' (or 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- Hurt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |