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 Sneads Spring (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 Sneads Spring. 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 Sneads Spring ...
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 Sneads Spring: Sneads Spg. (or less commonly used: Sneads Spng. or Sneads Sprng.)
- While the name of this community is Sneads Spring, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sneads Spring may originally have been Snead's Spring.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sneads Spring might be written as Snead Spring.
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.
Sneads Spring is located in Nottoway 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 Nottoway County: Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Sneads Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sneads Spring:
- Nottoway County (The home county of Sneads Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Winnie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Crewe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blackstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burkeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Spainville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Earls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Amelia Court House
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rodophil
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Paineville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Ammon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Lodore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Masons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Alberta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Netta ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Dolphin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Brodnax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Curdsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Sheppards
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Keysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Abilene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Drakes Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Charlotte Court House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cullen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Winterpock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Holly ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Cotton Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Guinea Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Wilsons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Darvills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- McKenney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Laird ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Sutherland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Kenbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nutbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Victoria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lunenburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Dundas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Oral Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Meherrin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Lochleven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Pleasant Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wattsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Bagleys Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Ogburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Opie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Wightman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Dunns Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- South Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Finneywood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Union Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- La Crosse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chase City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Pilkinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Belona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Dorset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Green Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Farmville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blake Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Tuggle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Darlington Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Five Forks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sneads Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Sneads Spring.
Cemeteries Near Sneads Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sneads Spring.
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 Sneads Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sneads Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- St. Marks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blendon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blendon Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southeast of Crewe.
- The Blendon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dunn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49490 <3>
- Crewe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Belfast Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Strum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lunsalord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel United Bethodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Sneads Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sneads Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sneads Spring, with the one closest to Sneads Spring listed first.
- Winnie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Nottoway Court House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nottoway Court House is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottoway Court House
- Crewe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rubermont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rubermont is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubermont
- Irby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Irby is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irby
- Blackstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burkeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oliveville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveville
- Jennings Ordinary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ordinary
- Nutbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Wellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wellville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Denaro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denaro is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denaro
- Green Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sneads Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sneads Spring.
Newspapers Published in Sneads Spring ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sneads Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sneads Spring, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sneads Spring.
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 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 Sneads Spring:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Nottoway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Brunswick County
- Buckingham County
- Charlotte County
- Chesterfield County
- Cumberland County
- Dinwiddie County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward County
- Spotsylvania 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sneads Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Sneads Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |