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 Maynards Crossroads (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 Maynards Crossroads. 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 Maynards Crossroads ...
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 Maynards Crossroads: Maynards Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Maynards Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Maynards Crossroads may originally have been Maynard's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Maynards Crossroads might be written as Maynard Crossroads.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Maynards Crossroads is located in Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight County: Franklin, Southampton, Suffolk City & Surry.
Below are the counties that are near Maynards Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maynards Crossroads:
- Isle of Wight County (The home county of Maynards Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Walters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Carrsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Zuni
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Raynor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Magnet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Smithfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rescue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rescue is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
- Rushmere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rushmere is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmere
- Chesapeake City
- Charlton Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Charlton Village is located in Chesapeake City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Village
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newport News City
- Hilton Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton Village is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Burdette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burdette is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Black Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Creek is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Edgehill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edgehill is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Hunterdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Isaac
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Cypress Manor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Sedley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sedley is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedley
- Kingsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Watkins Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Corner
- Doles Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Doles Crossroads is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles Crossroads
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Delaware
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Suffolk City
- The following are listed by their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Holland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Manning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Pittmantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Kilby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Whaleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Whaley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whaley is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Russell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Suffolk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chuckatuck
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
- Wilroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
- Driver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Driver is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Dendron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Itata
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Beachland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beachland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachland
- Carsley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Surry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Scotland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Wakefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Sussex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Gates County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Reynoldson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Gates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Willeyton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Roduco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Roduco is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- White Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Eure
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Corapeake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Grove is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Savage
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Savage is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Gatesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sunbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Acorn Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Acorn Hill is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Hill
- Hertford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Como
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
- Barretts Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Tunis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Tuscarora Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tuscarora Beach is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora Beach
- Tuscarora Beach has also been known as:
- Barfield
- Barfields
- Winton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Murfreesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cofield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cofield is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- South Tunis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Tunis is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunis
- Harrellsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrellsville is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrellsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Severn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pendleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Conway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Margarettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maynards Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Maynards Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Maynards Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maynards Crossroads.
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 Maynards Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maynards Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Barham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Raiford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Spring Cemetery
- The Poplar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bristown Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wester - Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gillette Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Municipal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowden Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gay Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (126 more) ...
- McClenny Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Southampton Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Maynards Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maynards Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maynards Crossroads, with the one closest to Maynards Crossroads listed first.
- Carrsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Lees Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lees Mill is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Isaac
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Holland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- South Quay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Quay is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Quay
- Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zuni
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Delaware
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Vicksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vicksville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Handsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Handsom is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Cleopus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cleopus is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleopus
- Myrtle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maynards Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maynards Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Maynards Crossroads ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maynards Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maynards Crossroads, 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 Maynards Crossroads.
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 Maynards Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Isle of Wight County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chesapeake City
- Franklin City
- Newport News City
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Surry County
- Sussex County
- Gates County
- Hertford County
- Northampton 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 Maynards Crossroads, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maynards Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |