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 Sherwill (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 Sherwill. 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.
Sherwill is located in Campbell 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 Campbell County: Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Charlotte, Halifax & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Sherwill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherwill:
- Campbell County (The home county of Sherwill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rustburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Gladys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hat Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Yellow Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Lawyers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Brookneal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Melrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Powhatan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Bedford Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Joshua Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Madison Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walkers Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Winesap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Coolwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Sweet Briar Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Amherst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Glasgow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Monitor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Pedlar Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Pleasant View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Sandidges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Allwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Spring Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Spout Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Chap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Appomattox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Beckham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Pamplin City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Hurtsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Boonsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Abert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Bellevue
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Coleman Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Goode
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Waugh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Cifax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Lowry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Huddleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Toga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Andersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Alcoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Enonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Mount Vinco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Curdsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Abell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Rough Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Phenix
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Aspenwall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Cullen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Charlotte Court House
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Abilene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Drakes Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Rabat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Cody
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Nathalie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Loftis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Leda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Crystal Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Lynchburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lavino Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Woodbine Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Gladstone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Norwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Arrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Colleen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Hurt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Renan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Brutus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Riceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Chalk Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Darlington Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Five Forks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Tuggle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Blake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Farmville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sherwill, see our County-by-County Page for Sherwill.
Cemeteries Near Sherwill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherwill.
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 Sherwill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sherwill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Torrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rosser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tweedy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Appomattox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Drinkard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perrow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Arch Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grace Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Feagans Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dodson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<2>
While we didn't find Sherwill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sherwill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherwill, with the one closest to Sherwill listed first.
- Spring Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Old Pilot ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Pilot is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pilot
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Chap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Rustburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winfall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winfall is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfall
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Bocock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bocock is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bocock
- Gladys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Hat Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Joshua Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Oakville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Naruna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Naruna is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherwill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherwill.
Newspapers Published in Sherwill ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherwill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherwill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherwill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Sherwill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Campbell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford County
- Buckingham County
- Charlotte County
- Halifax County
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Pittsylvania County
- Prince Edward 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 Sherwill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sherwill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |