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 Scotts Crossroad (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 Scotts Crossroad. 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 Scotts Crossroad ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Scotts Crossroad: Scotts Xrd.
- While the name of this community is Scotts Crossroad, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Scotts Crossroad may originally have been Scott's Crossroad.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Scotts Crossroad might be written as Scott Crossroad.
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 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.
Scotts Crossroad is located in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County: Granville (NC), Vance (NC), Warren (NC), Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax & Lunenburg.
Below are the counties that are near Scotts Crossroad. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotts Crossroad:
- Mecklenburg County (The home county of Scotts Crossroad)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Chase City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wightman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Finneywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Dunns Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Ogburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Skipwith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Boydton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Union Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Opie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Finchley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Orgainville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Jeffress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Cusco Willa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Brodnax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Alberta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Gholsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Wylliesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Drakes Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte Court House
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abilene
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Cullen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Phenix
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Aspenwall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Rough Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Abell ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Clover
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aarons Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Omega
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Omega is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Clays Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Virgilina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Banister Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Crystal Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- South Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Halifax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Wattsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Bagleys Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Lunenburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Oral Oaks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Victoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Kenbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Meherrin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Lochleven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Dundas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Winnie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Blackstone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burkeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Crewe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Green Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Darlington Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Blake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Five Forks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Townsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bullock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stovall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stovall is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Gela
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gela is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Wilbourns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Vance County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Drewry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Drewry is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewry
- Flat Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Middleburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Rose Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Wise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Manson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Norlina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Soul City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Soul City is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Warren Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Church Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Snow Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotts Crossroad, see our County-by-County Page for Scotts Crossroad.
Cemeteries Near Scotts Crossroad ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotts Crossroad.
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 Scotts Crossroad - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotts Crossroad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Chase City.
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chase City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52730 <3>
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Payneton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Black Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Easters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gregory Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (198 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berea Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Scotts Crossroad in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scotts Crossroad.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotts Crossroad, with the one closest to Scotts Crossroad listed first.
- Chase City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Drapersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Drapersville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drapersville
- Wightman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Finneywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Plantersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plantersville is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Muck Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Muck Cross is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck Cross
- Wilburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilburn is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Rehoboth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Fort Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Mitchell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mitchell
- Skipwith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- North View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North View is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North View
- Wattsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Boydton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wylliesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Antlers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Antlers is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotts Crossroad. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotts Crossroad.
Newspapers Published in Scotts Crossroad ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotts Crossroad.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotts Crossroad, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scotts Crossroad.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Scotts Crossroad:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Mecklenburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Charlotte County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Lunenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Prince Edward County
- Spotsylvania County
- Granville County
- Vance County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Scotts Crossroad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Scotts Crossroad) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |