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 Reed Creek Village (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 Reed Creek Village. 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 Reed Creek Village ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Read Creek Village.
- A typical abbreviation for Reed Creek Village: Reed Crk. Vlg. (or less commonly used: Reed Ck. Vlg. or Reed Cr. Vlg.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Reed Creek Village is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Rockingham (NC), Stokes (NC), Franklin, Patrick & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Reed Creek Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reed Creek Village:
- Henry County (The home county of Reed Creek Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Stanleytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Collinsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fieldale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Villa Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Bassett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Laurel Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Preston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Leatherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Horse Pasture
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Chatmoss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Axton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Irisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Bedford County
- Radford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Pizarro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Haycock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Floyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Poff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Simpsons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Terrys Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Sowers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Henry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prilliman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Sydnorsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Ferrum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barfoot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Rocky Mount
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hickman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hickman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Gogginsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Redwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Laprades Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Villa ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Penhook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Algoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Algoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Martinsville City
- Martinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Dodson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Stella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Critz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Charity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Nettleridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Patrick Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woolwine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stuart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Meadows of Dan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Grady
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Swansonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Worlds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds
- Cascade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cascade is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Museville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Museville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Mount Cross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Weal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Ridgecrest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Chatham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Tightsqueeze
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tightsqueeze is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightsqueeze
- Pittsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Whittles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Whittles is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittles
- Whittles has also been known as:
- Whittle's Depot
- Whittle's Station
- Roanoke County
- Bent Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Pelham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Whitetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Matrimony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Spray ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Providence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Stoneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Eden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
- Meadow Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Draper ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Mayodan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- College Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wentworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Stokes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Amostown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Oak Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Sandy Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Snow Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Lawsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Aarons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Danbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reed Creek Village, see our County-by-County Page for Reed Creek Village.
Cemeteries Near Reed Creek Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reed Creek Village.
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 Reed Creek Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reed Creek Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Henry Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Metz - Nunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Young Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roselawn Burial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carver Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Starkey - Barbour Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thornton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pearson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (734 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jamison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Town Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Reed Creek Village had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reed Creek Village, with the one closest to Reed Creek Village listed first.
- Oak Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Figsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Figsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figsboro
- Blackberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackberry is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Preston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Prilliman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Horse Pasture
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Leatherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Sydnorsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Spencer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Dodson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Stockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stockton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Stella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ridgeway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Irisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Axton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reed Creek Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reed Creek Village.
Newspapers Published in Reed Creek Village ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reed Creek Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reed Creek Village, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reed Creek Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Reed Creek Village:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Martinsville City
- Patrick County
- Pittsylvania County
- Roanoke County
- Caswell County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes 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> | 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 Reed Creek Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Reed Creek Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |