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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 Kells Corner (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 Kells Corner. 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 Kells Corner ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Kells Corner: Kells Cor. (or less commonly used: Kells Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Kells Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kells Corner may originally have been Kell's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kells Corner might be written as Kell Corner.

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 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.

Kells Corner is located in Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg County: Brunswick, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Nottoway & Prince Edward.

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

  • Lunenburg County     (The home county of Kells Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Wattsboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
    • Pleasant Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Lunenburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
    • Oral Oaks
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
    • Bagleys Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
    • Victoria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Nutbush
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
    • Meherrin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
    • Kenbridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lochleven
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
    • Dundas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
  • Appomattox County
    • Pamplin City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brunswick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Brodnax
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jonesboro ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
    • Netta ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Netta is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
    • Alberta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Alberta is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
  • Charlotte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Wylliesburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Keysville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Drakes Branch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Charlotte Court House
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Abilene
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Abilene is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
    • Cullen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cullen is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
    • Phenix
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Phenix is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Aspenwall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
    • Rough Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
    • Abell ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Abell is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
  • Fluvanna County
    • Scottsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Halifax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Clover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Midway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Midway is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Aarons Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
    • Clays Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
    • Omega
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Omega is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
    • Crystal Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
    • Banister Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Banister Town is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
    • Halifax
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • South Boston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Virgilina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nathalie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Rabat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Rabat is located in Halifax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
  • Mecklenburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Finneywood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
    • Chase City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wightman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
    • Dunns Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
    • Ogburn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
    • Skipwith
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
    • Boydton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Opie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
    • Union Level
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
    • Orgainville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
    • Finchley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
    • Jeffress
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
    • South Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Nottoway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Winnie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Winnie is located in Nottoway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
    • Burkeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Crewe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Crewe is located in Nottoway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crewe <2>
    • Forkland ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Forkland is located in Nottoway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
    • Blackstone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Prince Edward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Green Bay
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Darlington Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
    • Blake Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
    • Hampden - Sydney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
    • Five Forks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Farmville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Tuggle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
  • Spotsylvania County
    • Brokenburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
  • Granville County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Townsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Bullock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Vance County (NC)
    • Drewry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Drewry is located in Vance County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
  • Warren County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kells Corner, with the one closest to Kells Corner listed first.
    • Rose Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Wise
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise

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

Cemeteries Near Kells Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kells Corner.

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 Kells Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Payneton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Gregory Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Branch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Chase City.
    • The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chase City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52730 <3>
  • Salem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Horeb Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bell Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (209 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 Kells Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kells Corner.

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

  • Plantersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plantersville is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
  • Rehoboth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rehoboth is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
  • Finneywood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
  • Fort Mitchell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Mitchell is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mitchell
  • Chase City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Drapersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Drapersville is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drapersville
  • Wilburn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wilburn is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
  • Wattsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
  • Wightman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
  • Ontario
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ontario is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Wylliesburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Muck Cross
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Muck Cross is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck Cross
    • Keysville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • North View
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North View is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North View

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

Newspapers Published in Kells Corner ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kells Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kells Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kells Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Kells Corner:

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 Kells Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kells Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.