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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 Kidds 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 Kidds 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 Kidds 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 Kidds Store, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kidds Store may originally have been Kidd's Store.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kidds Store might be written as Kidd Store.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kidds Store. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kidds 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 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.
Kidds Store is located in Fluvanna 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 Fluvanna County: Albemarle, Buckingham, Cumberland, Goochland & Louisa.
Below are the counties that are near Kidds Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kidds Store:
- Fluvanna County (The home county of Kidds Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Antioch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Weber City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nicholas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Fork Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Monticello
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Columbia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kents Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Woodridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Scottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stony Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Keene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Warren
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Rose Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Simeon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Esmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Porters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Shadwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
- Keswick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alberene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Bridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- New Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Arvonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Centenary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Gold Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Axtell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Gravel Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Glenmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Dillwyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Manteo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Mount Vinco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Buckingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Charlottesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Locust Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Lakeside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Trenton Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Trents Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Guinea Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cotton Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Caledonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Fife
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tabscott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Enon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Hadensville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Goochland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maidens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Thorncliff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Greene County
- Quinque
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Bells Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Medlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Vigor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Green Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Trevilians
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Louisa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meltons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Shelfar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shelfar is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
- Cuckoo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Gays ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Mineral
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Schuyler
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Warminster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Faber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rockfish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Adial
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Norwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Old Myndus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Shipman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Durrett Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Greenfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lodebar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Nellysford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Gordonsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Barboursville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Madison Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Montpelier Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Beaumont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Michaux
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Belona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kidds Store, see our County-by-County Page for Kidds Store.
Cemeteries Near Kidds Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kidds 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 Kidds Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kidds Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Proffitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bettie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scottsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chisholm - Bishop Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- George Nicholas Tapscott Family Cemetery
- St. Georges Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Kidds Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kidds Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kidds Store, with the one closest to Kidds Store listed first.
- Hardware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hardware is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardware
- Antioch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Nicholas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Bridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Fork Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carysbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carysbrook is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysbrook
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Bremo Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bremo Bluff is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremo Bluff
- Woodridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Stony Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Scottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hatton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hatton is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Arvonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wilmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wilmington is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kidds Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kidds Store.
Newspapers Published in Kidds 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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kidds Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kidds Store, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kidds Store.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Kidds Store:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Fluvanna County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Louisa County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Powhatan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Kidds Store, 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' (or 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- Kidds Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |