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 Newstead Farm (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 Newstead Farm. 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 doctors 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.
Newstead Farm 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 Newstead Farm. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newstead Farm:
- Prince George County (The home county of Newstead Farm)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Garysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Newville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Derby ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Burrowsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Amelia County
- Ammon
(27 miles [43.5 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 Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Westover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Kimages
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Charles City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Roxbury
(16 miles [25.7 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 Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Meadowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Bollinger Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Ettrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matoaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Centralia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Bellwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Bensley Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bensley Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bensley Village
- Beulah Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Chesterfield Court House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Grant Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Addison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Sutherland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rowanta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- McKenney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Westwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Westwood is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Atlee Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Deep Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Glendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Varina Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Turner Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Elko
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Fort Lee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Currituck Farms
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Currituck Farms is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currituck Farms
- Lee Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lee Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Windsor is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Green Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Sandston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- James City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Jamestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Norge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- King William County
- Lanesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in King William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- New Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- New Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tunstall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tunstall is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunstall
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Montrose Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Chippenham Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Claremont
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Carsley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Dendron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Surry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scotland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Scotland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Beachland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beachland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachland
- Itata
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Waverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sussex
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Wakefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newstead Farm, see our County-by-County Page for Newstead Farm.
Cemeteries Near Newstead Farm ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newstead Farm.
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 Newstead Farm - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newstead Farm covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- City Point National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Appomattox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harrison Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Merchants Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Church Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blandford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Peoples Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Continue List (260 more) ...
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eastview 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 Newstead Farm in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newstead Farm.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newstead Farm, with the one closest to Newstead Farm listed first.
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Shirley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Garysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Westover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Pembroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pembroke is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Meadowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Newville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Walthall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walthall is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Ettrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Disputanta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Derby ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Burrowsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Weyanoke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Weyanoke is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyanoke
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cotman ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cotman is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newstead Farm. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newstead Farm.
Newspapers Published in Newstead Farm ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newstead Farm.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newstead Farm, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newstead Farm.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Newstead Farm:
- 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
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- James City County
- King William County
- New Kent County
- Petersburg City
- Richmond City
- Richmond 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 Newstead Farm, 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- Newstead Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |