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 Lanes Corner (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 Lanes Corner. 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 Lanes Corner ...
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 Lanes Corner: Lanes Cor. (or less commonly used: Lanes Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Lanes Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lanes Corner may originally have been Lane's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lanes Corner might be written as Lane Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lanes Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lanes Corner.
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 hospitals and 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.
Lanes Corner is located in Greensville 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 Greensville County: Northampton (NC), Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Southampton & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Lanes Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lanes Corner:
- Greensville County (The home county of Lanes Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Skippers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Claresville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Radium
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Totaro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ante
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Callaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Powellton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Edgerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Dolphin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Ezell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Lawrenceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ankum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gholsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Gasburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alberta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Netta ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Laird ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- McKenney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Rowanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Emporia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- White City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Prince George County
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Adams Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Koskoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Little Texas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Drewryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Branchville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Worrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Joyner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Capron
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Shiloh
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Boykins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Vincent Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Newsoms
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Grizzard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Yale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stony Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sussex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Roanoke Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- South Weldon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- South Rosemary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Halifax
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Littleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tillery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Airlie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Heathsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Hertford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Murfreesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barretts Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Seaboard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Margarettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Gaston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <2>
- Garysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Henrico
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Severn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Conway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Conway is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <2>
- Pendleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Lasker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County (NC)
- Vaughan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lanes Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Lanes Corner.
Cemeteries Near Lanes Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanes Corner.
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 Lanes Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lanes Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Falling Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greensville Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Emporia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Round Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (183 more) ...
- Wyche Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Lanes Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lanes Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lanes Corner, with the one closest to Lanes Corner listed first.
- Emporia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Skippers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Plain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Plain is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Plain
- James River Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- James River Junction is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River Junction
- Claresville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Durand
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Durand is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Brink
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brink is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Grizzard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Pleasant Shade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Shade is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Shade
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jarratt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Totaro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ante
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lanes Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lanes Corner.
Newspapers Published in Lanes Corner ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanes Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanes Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanes Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lanes Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Greensville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Northampton County
- Warren 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 Lanes Corner, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lanes Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |