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 Sprouses Corner (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 Sprouses Corner. 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 Sprouses Corner ...
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 Sprouses Corner: Sprouses Cor. (or less commonly used: Sprouses Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Sprouses Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sprouses Corner may originally have been Sprouse's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sprouses Corner might be written as Sprouse Corner.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Sprouses Corner is located in Buckingham 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 Buckingham County: Albemarle, Appomattox, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Nelson & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Sprouses Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sprouses Corner:
- Buckingham County (The home county of Sprouses Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Dillwyn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Enonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Buckingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alcoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Mount Vinco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Andersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Curdsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Toga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Sheppards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Glenmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Warren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Scottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stony Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Esmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Porters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Keene
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alberene
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Woodridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Covesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- North Garden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Rodophil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Paineville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Lodore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Amelia Court House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Walkers Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- New Glasgow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Amherst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Hurtsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Bent Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Evergreen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Appomattox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pamplin City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beckham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Spout Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Chap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Spring Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Campbell County
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Abilene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Cullen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Guinea Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Trents Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cotton Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Trenton Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Lakeside Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Nicholas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Weber City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fork Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Columbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Fife
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Enon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Lunenburg County
- Meherrin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Warminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Norwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Gladstone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Schuyler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Rockfish
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Shipman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Arrington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Faber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Colleen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Old Myndus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Adial
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Nottoway County
- Burkeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Powhatan County
- Belona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Tuggle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Farmville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hampden - Sydney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Blake Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Five Forks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Darlington Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Green Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sprouses Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Sprouses Corner.
Cemeteries Near Sprouses Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sprouses Corner.
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 Sprouses Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sprouses Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Gold Mine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ward Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Enon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ayers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buckingham Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fork Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Sprouses Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sprouses Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sprouses Corner, with the one closest to Sprouses Corner listed first.
- Dillwyn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Enonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Allenslevel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Allenslevel is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenslevel
- Alpha
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alpha is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Eldridge Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eldridge Mill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Mill
- Andersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vinco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Gravel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Toga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Curdsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Sheppards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Camm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camm is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camm
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Guinea Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sprouses Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sprouses Corner.
Newspapers Published in Sprouses Corner ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sprouses Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sprouses Corner, 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 Sprouses Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Sprouses Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Buckingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Lunenburg County
- Nelson County
- Nottoway County
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward 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> | 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 Sprouses Corner, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sprouses Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |