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 Leader (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 Leader. 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 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.
Leader 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 Leader. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leader:
- Chesterfield County (The home county of Leader)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Holly ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Matoaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Bollinger Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield Court House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Winterpock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Beulah Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Bellwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Ammon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Earls
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Masons Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Amelia Court House
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lodore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Brunswick County
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Kimages
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Westover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Roxbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Charles City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ruthville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Sutherland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Addison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Grant Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Rowanta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Laird ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Wilsons
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Darvills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- McKenney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Goochland County
- Thorncliff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atlee Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
- Hylas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hylas is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylas
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Varina Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Deep Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Varina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Fort Lee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Turner Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Lorraine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Tuckahoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Heckler Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heckler Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckler Village
- Fair Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Oaks is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Highland Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Spainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Blackstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Dorset
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Pilkinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Huguenot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Belona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Derby ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Garysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Newville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Burrowsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montrose Heights
(19 miles [30.6 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 Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Chippenham Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Stony Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leader, see our County-by-County Page for Leader.
Cemeteries Near Leader ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leader.
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 Leader - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leader covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Gill Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Traylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meunier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dahl Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Rocky Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olgers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ocran UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocran UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocran UMC Cemetery is located in Sutherland.
- The Ocran UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ocran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51509 <3>
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 Leader in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leader.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leader, with the one closest to Leader listed first.
- Holly ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Marmona
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marmona is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmona
- Sutherland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Matoaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Perdue ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perdue is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue
- Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Namozine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Namozine is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namozine
- Pembroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pembroke is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Burgess
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burgess is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Walthall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walthall is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Centralia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leader. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leader.
Newspapers Published in Leader ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leader.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leader, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leader.
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 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 Leader:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Chesterfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Brunswick County
- Charles City County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Goochland County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- Nottoway County
- Petersburg City
- Powhatan County
- Prince George County
- Richmond City
- Richmond County
- Sussex 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leader) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Leader, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |