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 Kings Forest (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 Kings Forest. 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 Kings Forest ...
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 Kings Forest: Kings Frst.
- While the name of this community is Kings Forest, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kings Forest may originally have been King's Forest.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kings Forest might be written as King Forest.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kings Forest. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kings Forest.
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 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.
Kings Forest is located in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County: Amelia, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Hopewell City, Prince George & Richmond.
Below are the counties that are near Kings Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kings Forest:
- Chesterfield County (The home county of Kings Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Beulah Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Drewrys Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Bellwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Bensley Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bensley Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley Village
- Bensley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bensley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley
- Ampt Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ampt Hill is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ampt Hill
- Chesterfield Court House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Centralia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Chesterfield Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chesterfield Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Village
- Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Air
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Ammon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Masons Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Earls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Amelia Court House
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lodore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Kimages
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Roxbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Westover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Charles City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ruthville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Grant Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Addison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Maitland Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Sutherland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Rowanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Wilsons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Darvills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Thorncliff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Oilville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maidens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goochland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atlee Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
- Hylas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hylas is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylas
- Gwathmey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gwathmey is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwathmey
- Westwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rockville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Casco
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Casco is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Goodall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Goodall is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodall
- Vontay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
- Taylorsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Taylorsville is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Varina Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Montrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Fort Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Heckler Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heckler Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckler Village
- Deep Bottom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Turner Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Tuckahoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Highland Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Highland Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Highland Park
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Lorraine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- King William County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Enfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Manquin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rumford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rumford is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
- Tuck Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuck Fork is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck Fork
- New Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Tunstall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tunstall is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunstall
- New Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nottoway County
- Spainville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Huguenot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Dorset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Pilkinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Michaux
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Beaumont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Belona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Garysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Derby ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Newville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Burrowsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Chippenham Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kings Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Kings Forest.
Cemeteries Near Kings Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings Forest.
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 Kings Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kings Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Mt. Giea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Centralia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dale Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Central Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Brown Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perdue Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Kings Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kings Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kings Forest, with the one closest to Kings Forest listed first.
- Drewrys Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Chesterfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Centralia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Air
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Perdue ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Perdue is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue
- Varina Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Robious
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Robious is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robious
- Walthall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walthall is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Midlothian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Holly ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Meadowville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Fort Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kings Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kings Forest.
Newspapers Published in Kings Forest ...
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 461 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kings Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kings Forest, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kings Forest.
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 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 Kings Forest:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Chesterfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Charles City County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Goochland County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- King William County
- New Kent County
- Nottoway County
- Petersburg City
- Powhatan County
- Prince George County
- Richmond City
- Richmond 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 Kings Forest, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kings Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |