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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 Shiloh Crossing (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 Shiloh Crossing. 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 Shiloh Crossing ...
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 Shiloh Crossing: Shiloh Xing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shiloh Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shiloh Crossing.
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.
Shiloh Crossing is located in Prince George 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 Prince George County: Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Surry & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Shiloh Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shiloh Crossing:
- Prince George County (The home county of Shiloh Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Newville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Garysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Burrowsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Ammon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Earls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Callaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Dolphin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Totaro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Edgerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Westover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Kimages
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Charles City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Bollinger Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Ettrick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Matoaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Braebrook Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Centralia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Meadowville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Holly ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Chesterfield Court House
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Bellwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bellwood is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Rowanta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Laird ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Grant Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Addison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Maitland Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Sutherland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- McKenney
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Darvills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Hebron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Wilsons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Emporia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Jarratt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Radium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Claresville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Deep Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
- Varina Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Varina is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Turner Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Elko
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elko is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Fort Lee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Lee is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Nottoway County
- Spainville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Walmsley Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Walmsley Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmsley Village
- Cherry Gardens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Joyner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Drewryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sebrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Adams Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Worrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Capron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Berlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Pope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Vincent Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Ivor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Koskoo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Courtland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doles Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doles Crossroads is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles Crossroads
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Carsley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Spring Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Dendron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Claremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Stony Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sussex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Yale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Henry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Wakefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grizzard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shiloh Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Shiloh Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Shiloh Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shiloh Crossing.
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 Shiloh Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shiloh Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Confederate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rowanta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Mount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loving Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peagram Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove National Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southlawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sappony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dinwiddie Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dinwiddie Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50042 <2>
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 Shiloh Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shiloh Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shiloh Crossing, with the one closest to Shiloh Crossing listed first.
- Carson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Carson is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Templeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Templeton is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Rowanta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Derby ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Coddyshore ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coddyshore is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coddyshore
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Stony Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Booker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Booker is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Burgess
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burgess is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Glendoyle ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glendoyle is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendoyle
- Laird ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Disputanta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pembroke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pembroke is located in Petersburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Matoaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shiloh Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shiloh Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Shiloh Crossing ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shiloh Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shiloh Crossing, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shiloh Crossing.
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 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 Shiloh Crossing:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Prince George County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Brunswick County
- Charles City County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Henrico County
- Hopewell City
- Nottoway County
- Petersburg City
- Richmond County
- Southampton County
- Surry County
- Sussex 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 Shiloh Crossing, 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 from Point A (ie- Shiloh Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |