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 Owens (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 Owens. 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 and doctors 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.
Owens is located in Sussex 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 Sussex County: Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton & Surry.
Below are the counties that are near Owens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Owens:
- Sussex County (The home county of Owens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Henry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Stony Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mason
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Yale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Grizzard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Sussex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Waverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Callaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Totaro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ante
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Dolphin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Edgerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Powellton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Lawrenceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ezell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Alberta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Gholsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Ankum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Ettrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Matoaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Bollinger Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Rowanta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Laird ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- McKenney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Addison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Maitland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Sutherland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grant Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Darvills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- White City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Emporia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Jarratt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Radium
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Claresville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Skippers
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Newville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Joyner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Adams Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Drewryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Koskoo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Capron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Pope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Sebrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Little Texas
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Vincent Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Shiloh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Branchville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Carsley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Dendron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Roanoke Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Margarettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Pleasant Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Seaboard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Severn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Gaston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
- Garysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pendleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Conway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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 <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Owens, see our County-by-County Page for Owens.
Cemeteries Near Owens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Owens.
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 Owens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Owens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- High Hills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hassidiah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hassidiah Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grigg Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunting Quarter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Trisvan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sappony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mayes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Cowie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peagram Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Owens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Owens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Owens, with the one closest to Owens listed first.
- Jarratt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Hilda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hilda is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
- Mason
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Stony Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Grizzard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Booker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Booker is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- James River Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- James River Junction is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River Junction
- Green Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Green Plain is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Plain
- Adams Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Drewryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lumberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lumberton is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Durand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durand is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Owens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Owens.
Newspapers Published in Owens ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Owens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Owens, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Owens.
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 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 Owens:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Petersburg City
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Surry County
- Halifax County
- Northampton 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 Owens, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Owens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |