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 Piney Grove (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 Piney Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Piney Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Piney Grove: Piney Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Piney Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Piney Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Piney Grove 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 Piney Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Piney Grove:
- Sussex County (The home county of Piney Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Wakefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sussex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Yale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stony Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Henry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Grizzard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Westover
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Charles City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kimages
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Ruthville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Ettrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bollinger Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Matoaca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Meadowville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Rowanta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Grant Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Maitland Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Addison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Laird ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greensville County
- Jarratt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Isle of Wight County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Raynor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Zuni
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Magnet
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Magnet is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Walters
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Rushmere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rushmere is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmere
- Windsor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carrsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Smithfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rescue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rescue is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
- James City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Jamestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Norge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport News City
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Lee Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Hall is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hall
- Red Hill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Red Hill Village is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Village
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Newville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Burrowsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Garysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Ivor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doles Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doles Crossroads is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles Crossroads
- Sebrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Sedley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sedley is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedley
- Black Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Burdette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burdette is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Courtland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Joyner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Cypress Manor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Edgehill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Edgehill is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Pope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Hunterdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Suffolk City
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Oak Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Chuckatuck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
- Kilby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Manning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Dendron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carsley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Spring Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Itata
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Beachland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beachland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachland
- Surry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Scotland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Homewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Homewood is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Williamsburg City
- Williamsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Charles Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Corner
- Rochambeau Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rochambeau Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochambeau Village
- Oaktree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oaktree is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Piney Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Piney Grove.
Cemeteries Near Piney Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Piney Grove.
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 Piney Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Piney Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Wakefield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spratley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waverly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Booker T Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Easter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Briggs / Davis / Johnson Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brittle Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gwaltney Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Piney Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Piney Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dendron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Homeville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeville
- Carsley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Littleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Ivor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Savedge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Savedge is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savedge
- Lumberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lumberton is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Vicksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vicksville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksville
- Moorings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moorings is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorings
- Spring Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Booker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Booker is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Disputanta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sebrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Piney Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piney Grove.
Newspapers Published in Piney Grove ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Piney Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Piney Grove, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Piney Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Piney Grove:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Charles City County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Hopewell City
- Isle of Wight County
- James City County
- Newport News City
- Petersburg City
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Surry County
- Williamsburg City
- York 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 Piney Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Piney Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |