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 New Bohemia (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 New Bohemia. 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.
New Bohemia is located in Prince George 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 Prince George County: Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Surry & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near New Bohemia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Bohemia:
- Prince George County (The home county of New Bohemia)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Derby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Newville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Garysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Burrowsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Amelia County
- Ammon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Westover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Kimages
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Charles City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Roxbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Bollinger Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Matoaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Meadowville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Chester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Chesterfield Court House
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Beulah Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Bensley Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bensley Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley Village
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Grant Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Addison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Rowanta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Sutherland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- McKenney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Darvills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Wilsons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Greensville County
- Jarratt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Westwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Westwood is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Deep Bottom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Varina Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Glendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Varina
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Turner Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Elko
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Fort Lee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Lee Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lee Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Oakland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Currituck Farms
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Currituck Farms is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currituck Farms
- Montrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Sandston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- James City County
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- New Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunstall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tunstall is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunstall
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Montrose Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Cherry Gardens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Walmsley Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Chippenham Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Joyner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Sebrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Berlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Ivor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Carsley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Claremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Spring Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Dendron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Surry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beachland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beachland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachland
- Scotland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scotland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Itata
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Stony Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Yale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wakefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Henry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Bohemia, see our County-by-County Page for New Bohemia.
Cemeteries Near New Bohemia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Bohemia.
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 New Bohemia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Bohemia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Southlawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blandford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkerson Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rod-of Sholom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Petersburg.
- The St. Joseph's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968061 <2>
- Brith Achim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Little Church Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peoples Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peoples Memorial Cemetery is located in Petersburg.
- The Peoples Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Providence Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192025 <2>
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 New Bohemia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Bohemia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Bohemia, with the one closest to New Bohemia listed first.
- Derby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Disputanta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pembroke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pembroke is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Templeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Templeton is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Garysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Matoaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Burgess
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Coddyshore ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coddyshore is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddyshore
- Walthall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walthall is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Rowanta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Carson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carson is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Bohemia. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Bohemia.
Newspapers Published in New Bohemia ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Bohemia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Bohemia, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Bohemia.
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 professional and volunteer 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 New Bohemia:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Prince George County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Charles City County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Greensville County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- James City County
- New Kent County
- Petersburg City
- Richmond City
- Richmond County
- Southampton County
- Surry 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> | 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 New Bohemia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Bohemia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |