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 Newton (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 Newton. 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.
Cemeteries Near Newton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newton.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newton, with the one closest to Newton listed first.
- Stokesland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stokesland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stokesland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Danville Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danville Memorial Gardens
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danville Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Schoolfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schoolfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schoolfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. View Cemetery
- Mt. View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. View Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Freedmens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freedmens Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freedmens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Green Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Danville National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danville National Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danville National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Grove Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grove Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Moss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moss Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Leemont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leemont Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leemont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Cunningham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cunningham Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cunningham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hickory Grove UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove UMC Cemetery
- Scearce Gammon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scearce Gammon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scearce Gammon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cunningham Cemetery
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.<2>
While we didn't find Newton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newton, with the one closest to Newton listed first.
- Pelham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Gatewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Vandola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Mount Cross
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Cross. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Bachelors Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bachelors Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelors Hall
- Bachelors Hall is located in Pittsylvania County
- Buford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Mayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Purley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Blackwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Oak Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Ruffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruffin
- Ruffin is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruffin <4>
- Blanch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanch
- Blanch is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanch <4>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ringgold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Pleasant Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Pleasant Gap is located in Pittsylvania County
- Vance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ringgold
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newton.
Newspapers Published in Newton ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newton, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newton.
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 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 Newton:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Newton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | 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 Newton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5618, Longitude: -79.4520 In this case, the coordinates for Newton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |