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 Rawlings (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 Rawlings. 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 and doctors 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.
Rawlings is located in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County: Warren (NC), Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg & Nottoway.
Below are the counties that are near Rawlings. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rawlings:
- Brunswick County (The home county of Rawlings)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Dolphin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Alberta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Callaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Edgerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Lawrenceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Totaro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ezell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Netta ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Ante
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Powellton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Brodnax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Ammon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Earls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Amelia Court House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Matoaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Holly ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Winterpock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Ettrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bollinger Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- McKenney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Darvills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Laird ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Wilsons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Rowanta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Sutherland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Addison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Maitland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- White City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Emporia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Radium
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Skippers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Dundas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Lochleven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Kenbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bagleys Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Oral Oaks
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Victoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lunenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Wattsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Nutbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- La Crosse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Opie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Ogburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Hagood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Marengo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Union Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Dunns Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Wightman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Blackstone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spainville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Winnie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Crewe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burkeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Adams Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Drewryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Stony Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Henry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Grizzard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Sussex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Yale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Northampton County (NC)
- Henrico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rawlings, see our County-by-County Page for Rawlings.
Cemeteries Near Rawlings ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rawlings.
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 Rawlings - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rawlings covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Fitzgerald Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Big Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cut Banks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Doyle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bragg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Barnes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stainback Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elmore Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Rawlings in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rawlings.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rawlings, with the one closest to Rawlings listed first.
- Sturgeonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgeonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeonville
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Ordsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ordsburg is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordsburg
- Octagon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Octagon is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Darvills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Westboro ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westboro is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Edmunds Store
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edmunds Store is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Store
- Callaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Edgerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Laird ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Barrows Store
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barrows Store is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows Store
- Meredithville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meredithville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredithville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rawlings. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rawlings.
Newspapers Published in Rawlings ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rawlings.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rawlings, 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 Rawlings.
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 either 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 Rawlings:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Brunswick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Petersburg City
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex 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 Rawlings, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rawlings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |