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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 Jetts Store (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 Jetts Store. 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 Jetts Store ...

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.

While the name of this community is Jetts Store, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jetts Store may originally have been Jett's Store.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jetts Store might be written as Jett Store.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Jetts Store is located in Northumberland 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 Northumberland County: Lancaster, Richmond & Westmoreland.

Below are the counties that are near Jetts Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jetts Store:

  • Northumberland County     (The home county of Jetts Store)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Ophelia
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sunnybank
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
    • Blackwells
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
    • Reedville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fleeton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Fleeton is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleeton
    • Remo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Remo is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remo
    • Heathsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bundick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Bundick is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
    • Coan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Coan is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coan
    • Lara
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lara is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lara
    • Rainswood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
    • Lodge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lodge is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
  • Accomack County
    • Tangier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Bowlers Wharf
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Bowlers Wharf is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlers Wharf
    • Dunnsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Tappahannock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Gloucester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Freeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Freeport is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Glenns
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenns is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
  • King and Queen County
    • Contra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Contra is located in King and Queen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contra
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Lankford Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lankford Corner is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Corner
    • Alfonso
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Alfonso is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfonso
    • Richtown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Richtown is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richtown
    • Kilmarnock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Griffins Landing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Griffins Landing is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Landing
    • Merry Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Merry Point is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Point
    • Ocran
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Ocran is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocran
    • Irvington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Monaskon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Monaskon is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaskon
    • Ottoman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Ottoman is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottoman
    • Weems
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Weems is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
    • Millenbeck
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millenbeck
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Nesting
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Nesting is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesting
    • Remlik
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Urbanna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Harmony Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
    • Stingray Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingray Point
    • Locust Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Amburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Amburg is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amburg
    • Grafton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Grafton is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
    • Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
    • Wilton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Wilton is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Hartfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Saluda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Richmond County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Farnham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Farnham is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnham
    • Downings
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Downings is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downings
    • Simonson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Simonson is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonson
    • Rich Neck
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Rich Neck is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck
    • Emmerton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Emmerton is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmerton
    • Simons Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Simons Corner is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons Corner
    • Warsaw
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Tallent Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Tallent Town is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallent Town
    • Naylors
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Naylors is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylors
  • Westmoreland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Kinsale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Griffiths Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Griffiths Corner is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths Corner
    • Tucker Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Tucker Hill is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Hill
    • Machodoc
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Machodoc is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machodoc
    • Nomini Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Nomini Grove is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nomini Grove
    • Hinnom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hinnom is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnom
    • Chiltons
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Chiltons is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltons
    • Montross
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvert County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Solomons
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Drum Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Drum Point is located in Calvert County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
    • Olivet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Olivet is located in Calvert County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Chesapeake Ranch Estates - Drum Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Dowell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Dorchester County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Crocheron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Crocheron is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocheron
    • Bishops Head
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
    • Fishing Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wingate
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Crapo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Crapo is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
    • Toddville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Toddville is located in Dorchester County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
  • Saint Mary's County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Scotland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Dameron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Dameron is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
    • Gum Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
    • Piney Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Marys City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Drayden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tall Timbers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Valley Lee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
    • Callaway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Great Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lexington Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Somerset County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.
    • Rhodes Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Rhodes Point is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Point
    • Ewell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Smith Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Smith Island is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Island
    • Tylerton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Crisfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Wenona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wenona is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
    • Daugherty Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Daugherty Town is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Town
    • Lawsonia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Lawsonia is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonia
    • Deal Island
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chance
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Frenchtown - Rumbly
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
    • Dames Quarter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jetts Store, see our County-by-County Page for Jetts Store.

Cemeteries Near Jetts Store ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jetts Store.

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 Jetts Store - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jetts Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.

  • Fairfields Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • TestShiva Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Roseland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pt. Lookout Confederate Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Morattico Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Willie Chapel Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (101 more) ...

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 Jetts Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jetts Store.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Jetts Store, with the one closest to Jetts Store listed first.

  • Ophelia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lilian
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lilian is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilian
  • Sunnybank
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
  • Blackwells
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
  • Mila
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mila is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mila
  • Reedville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Avalon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Avalon is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
  • Fairport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fairport is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
  • Wicomico Church
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Browns Store
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Browns Store is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
  • Heathsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lewisetta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lewisetta is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisetta
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bundick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Bundick is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
    • Lottsburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Scotland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jetts Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jetts Store.

Newspapers Published in Jetts Store ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jetts Store.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jetts Store, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jetts Store.

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 Jetts Store:

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>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 Jetts Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Jetts Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.