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 Pineland (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 Pineland. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pineland is located in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County: Amelia, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Hopewell City, Prince George & Richmond.
Below are the counties that are near Pineland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pineland:
- Chesterfield County (The home county of Pineland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Braebrook Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Bollinger Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Ettrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Matoaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Centralia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Meadowville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Chesterfield Court House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Bellwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Beulah Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Drewrys Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Ammon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Earls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Masons Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Kimages
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Westover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Charles City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Roxbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Ruthville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Grant Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Addison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Sutherland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rowanta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- McKenney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Darvills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Atlee Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
- Westwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Gwathmey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gwathmey is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwathmey
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Deep Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Varina Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Turner Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Fort Lee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Glendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Lee Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lee Park is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Montrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Elko
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Fair Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fair Oaks is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Heckler Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Heckler Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckler Village
- Sandston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Tunstall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tunstall is located in New Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunstall
- New Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nottoway County
- Spainville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Dorset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Huguenot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Pilkinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Derby ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Garysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Newville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Burrowsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Richmond City
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Montrose Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Montrose Heights is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Heights
- Richmond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Chippenham Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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 Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Claremont
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Carsley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Stony Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pineland, see our County-by-County Page for Pineland.
Cemeteries Near Pineland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pineland.
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 Pineland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pineland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- St. Anns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Minnis Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ettrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Church Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Peoples Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Sunset Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Blandford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan - Eyler Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brith Achim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Eastview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rod-of Sholom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkerson Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Pineland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pineland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
- Walthall
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walthall is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Ettrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Matoaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pembroke is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Centralia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Meadowville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Chesterfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Drewrys Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Shirley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sutherland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burgess
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burgess is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Cotman ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Pineland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pineland.
Newspapers Published in Pineland ...
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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pineland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pineland, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pineland.
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 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 Pineland:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Chesterfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Charles City County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- New Kent County
- Nottoway County
- Petersburg City
- Powhatan County
- Prince George County
- 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 Pineland, 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- Pineland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |