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 Lakewood (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 Lakewood. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lakewood is located in Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania County: Caswell (NC), Rockingham (NC), Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Halifax & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Lakewood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakewood:
- Pittsylvania County (The home county of Lakewood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Kentuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Laurel Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Ridgecrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Mount Cross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Spring Garden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Tightsqueeze
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tightsqueeze is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightsqueeze
- Henrys Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henrys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mill
- Lucks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lucks is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucks
- Chatham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Transco Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Transco Village is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transco Village
- Java
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Weal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Danville City
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- Laprades Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Sutherlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Delila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Elmo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Alton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harmony
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Jones
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jones is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Sign Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Cluster Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Rodden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Westside Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Mayo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mayo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- South Boston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Sandy Level
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Axton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Irisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Leatherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Chatmoss
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- Beaver Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Alamance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Pleasant Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Union Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Just Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
- Clover Garden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clover Garden is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
- McCray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McCray is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Altamahaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Ossipee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ossipee is located in Alamance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Blanch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Estelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gatewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Whitetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Semora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pelham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Bethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- West Yanceyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Yanceyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leasburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orange County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Carr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carr is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Laws
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laws is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- McDade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McDade is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
- Berryland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berryland is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Kindful Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kindful Acres is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindful Acres
- Cedar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Green Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Green Pines is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pines
- Larry Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Larry Hall is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larry Hall
- Arrowhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Deer Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Just-A-Mere Landing is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just-A-Mere Landing
- Springcrest Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Springcrest Meadows is located in Orange County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest Meadows
- Person County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Ceffo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ceffo is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hicks Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Roxboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitt Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Allens Level
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Allens Level is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Hurdle Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Cates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cates is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tirzah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Ruffin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Draper ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Meadow Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- College Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Eden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Spray ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Reidsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Wentworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakewood, see our County-by-County Page for Lakewood.
Cemeteries Near Lakewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakewood.
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 Lakewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Floral Hill Memorial Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leemont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Danville National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freedmens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cedars Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Burial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Burial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Burial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Danville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50621 <2>
- Grove Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schoolfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gilead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Cunningham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. View Cemetery
- Mt. View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Lakewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakewood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Ringgold
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ringgold is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Blanch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kentuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Gatewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Estelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sutherlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Purley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Purley is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Hamer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hamer is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamer
- Barksdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barksdale is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
- Laurel Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Delila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Keeling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Keeling is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Pelham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Semora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakewood.
Newspapers Published in Lakewood ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakewood, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakewood.
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 Lakewood:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Pittsylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Danville City
- Fluvanna County
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Alamance County
- Caswell County
- Orange County
- Person County
- Rockingham 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 Lakewood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lakewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |