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 Keysville (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 Keysville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Keysville is located in Charlotte 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 Charlotte County: Appomattox, Campbell, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Keysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keysville:
- Charlotte County (The home county of Keysville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Abilene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Drakes Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte Court House
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cullen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Wylliesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phenix
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Rough Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Aspenwall
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Abell ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Amelia County
- Rodophil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Pamplin City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hurtsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Chap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Evergreen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Spring Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Appomattox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick County
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Sheppards
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Curdsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Andersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Hat Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Brookneal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Cotton Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Guinea Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Clover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Clays Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Crystal Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Nathalie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rabat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Loftis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Aarons Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Banister Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Meherrin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Nutbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Lunenburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Victoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wattsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Oral Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Kenbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bagleys Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Dundas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Lochleven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Finneywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Chase City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wightman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Ogburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Orgainville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Skipwith
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Dunns Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Opie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Boydton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Finchley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Jeffress
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Union Level
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Burkeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Winnie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Crewe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blackstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Green Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blake Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Darlington Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Five Forks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Hampden - Sydney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Farmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tuggle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keysville, see our County-by-County Page for Keysville.
Cemeteries Near Keysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keysville.
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 Keysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Ash Camp Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Staples Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bruce Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gregory Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spencer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Douglas Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Wit Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Payneton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Keysville had a population of 275 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Keysville had a population of 776 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keysville, with the one closest to Keysville listed first.
- Ontario
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ontario is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Briery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Briery is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briery
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Drakes Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- County Line Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Meherrin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Fort Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Mitchell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mitchell
- Plantersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Plantersville is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Mossingford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mossingford is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossingford
- Rehoboth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Finneywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Nutbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Green Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saxe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keysville.
Newspapers Published in Keysville ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keysville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keysville.
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 Keysville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Charlotte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Appomattox County
- Brunswick County
- Buckingham County
- Campbell County
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Prince Edward 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 Keysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Keysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |