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 Joyceville (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 Joyceville. 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 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.
Joyceville is located in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County: Warren (NC), Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg & Nottoway.
Below are the counties that are near Joyceville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Joyceville:
- Brunswick County (The home county of Joyceville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Gasburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ankum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Brodnax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gholsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Netta ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Ezell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Powellton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Lawrenceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ante
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Edgerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Alberta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Dolphin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Emporia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Radium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Skippers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Lochleven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Bagleys Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Dundas
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Oral Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Wattsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Kenbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lunenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Marengo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Bracey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hagood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- La Crosse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Union Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Opie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Dunns Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Cusco Willa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Ogburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Boydton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nottoway County
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Franklin County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Alert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alert is located in Franklin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Lake View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- White Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- White Level is located in Franklin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Ingleside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Townsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bullock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stovall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stovall is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Littleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Airlie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- South Rosemary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Roanoke Rapids
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hollister
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brinkleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Weldon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Heathsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Ringwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- South Weldon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Allen Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Nash County (NC)
- Aventon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Aventon is located in Nash County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aventon
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Henrico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gaston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
- Garysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Drewry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drewry is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Middleburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Adcock Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Henderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gillburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- South Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Bear Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Dabney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dabney is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Gill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gill is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Church Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Macon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Vaughan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Warren Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Norlina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warrenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Manson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Soul City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Soul City is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Afton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Afton is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Joyceville, see our County-by-County Page for Joyceville.
Cemeteries Near Joyceville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Joyceville.
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 Joyceville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Joyceville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kirkland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Gaston Christian Life Centre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton Green Wright Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bishop Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingswood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Macons Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Carroll Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Canaan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Olive Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Joyceville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Joyceville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Joyceville, with the one closest to Joyceville listed first.
- Ebony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elams
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elams is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elams
- Oakville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Church Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- White Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Marengo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Gasburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Macon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- La Crosse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gholsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Brokenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brodnax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vaughan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Smiths Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Crossroads is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Crossroads
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Joyceville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Joyceville.
Newspapers Published in Joyceville ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Joyceville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Joyceville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Joyceville.
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 Joyceville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Brunswick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Spotsylvania County
- Franklin County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Vance County
- Warren 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 Joyceville, 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 from Point A (ie- Joyceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |