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 Norwood (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 Norwood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Norwood is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Amherst, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke & Rockbridge.
Below are the counties that are near Norwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Norwood:
- Bedford County (The home county of Norwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Bellevue
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Goode
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cifax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Lowry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Boonsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Coleman Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Waugh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Abert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Peaksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Joppa Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Huddleston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Madison Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pedlar Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Winesap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Joshua Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Pleasant View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Coolwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Allwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Sweet Briar Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Forks of Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Amherst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sandidges
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Spout Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Beckham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Spring Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Appomattox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Chap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Rocky Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Buchanan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lithia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Springwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Blue Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Salt Petre Cave
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Laymantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Laymantown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laymantown
- Troutville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Apple Tree Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Apple Tree Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Tree Village
- Fincastle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Powhatan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Bedford Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Lawyers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Rustburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Altavista
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Mount Zion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Westlake Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- North Shore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Union Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Woodbine Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lavino Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Lynchburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nelson County
- Gladstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Hurt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Brutus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Pittsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Gretna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Renan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Montgomery Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
- Vinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Greenlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Glasgow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Natural Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Forge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Fancy Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Red Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- East Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Riverside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Norwood, see our County-by-County Page for Norwood.
Cemeteries Near Norwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norwood.
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 Norwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Norwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Virginia Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grange Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Norwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Massie Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Terrace View Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coffee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitten - Hogan Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rock Pike Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leftwich Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (309 more) ...
- Edwin J. Lee Family Cemetery
- Callaway - Steptoe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prebble Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Norwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Norwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Norwood, with the one closest to Norwood listed first.
- Bellevue
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Goode
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Perrowville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Perrowville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrowville
- Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cifax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Lowry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Coffee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coffee is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
- Charlemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charlemont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont
- Bedford Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Boonsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Otterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Sedalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sedalia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coleman Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Otter Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Norwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norwood.
Newspapers Published in Norwood ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norwood, 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 Norwood.
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 helpful 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 Norwood:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Botetourt County
- Buena Vista City
- Campbell County
- Franklin County
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Pittsylvania County
- Roanoke County
- Rockbridge 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' (or 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- Norwood) 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 Norwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |