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 Kelly (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 Kelly. 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 northeast 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 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.
Kelly is located in Campbell 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 Campbell County: Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Charlotte, Halifax & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Kelly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kelly:
- Campbell County (The home county of Kelly)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rustburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lawyers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Powhatan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Mount Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Timberlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Bedford Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Gladys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hat Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Altavista
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Joshua Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Madison Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winesap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Coolwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Sweet Briar Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Walkers Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Amherst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pedlar Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Monitor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- New Glasgow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Pleasant View
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Sandidges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Spout Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Beckham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Spring Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Appomattox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Evergreen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Bent Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Pamplin City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hurtsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Boonsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Abert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coleman Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Bellevue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Waugh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Cifax
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Goode
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lowry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Peaksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Huddleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Toga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Andersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alcoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Mount Vinco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Manteo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Enonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Buckingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Abell ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Rough Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Phenix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Aspenwall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Cullen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Cody
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Rabat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Lynchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lavino Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Woodbine Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Gladstone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Arrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Colleen
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Shipman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Jonesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Massies Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Warminster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Bryant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Tyro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Hurt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Brutus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Renan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Five Forks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Darlington Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Glasgow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Buffalo Forge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kelly, see our County-by-County Page for Kelly.
Cemeteries Near Kelly ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kelly.
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 Kelly - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kelly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Grace Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Feagans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Drinkard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Carson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Arch Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Megginson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Falwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Falwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beth Joseph Agudath Sholom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- White Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rose Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scott Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Kelly in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kelly.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kelly, with the one closest to Kelly listed first.
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Joshua Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Bocock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bocock is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bocock
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rustburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stapleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stapleton is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
- Old Pilot ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Pilot is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pilot
- Lawyers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Coolwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Winfall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Winfall is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfall
- Mount Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Oakville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oakville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Walkers Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kelly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kelly.
Newspapers Published in Kelly ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kelly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kelly, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kelly.
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 either 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 Kelly:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Campbell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Buckingham County
- Buena Vista City
- Charlotte County
- Halifax County
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Pittsylvania County
- Prince Edward County
- Rockbridge 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kelly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Kelly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |