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 Stevens Creek (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 Stevens Creek. 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 Stevens Creek ...
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 Stevens Creek: Stevens Crk. (or less commonly used: Stevens Ck. or Stevens Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Stevens Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stevens Creek may originally have been Steven's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stevens Creek might be written as Steven Creek.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stevens Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stevens Creek.
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.
Stevens Creek is primarily located in Carroll County. A portion of Stevens Creek extends into Grayson 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 Carroll County: Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, Pulaski, Surry & Wythe.
Below are the counties that are near Stevens Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stevens Creek:
- Carroll County (The home county of Stevens Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sheep Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pipers Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Shorts Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Hillsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Drenn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Sylvatus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Lambsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Bland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Bastian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Indian Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Galax City
- Galax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Fries
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Baywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Elk Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Bridle Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Flat Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trout Dale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rugby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Ararat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Draper
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Wurno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Newbern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dublin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Atkins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Austinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Speedwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Siloam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Rowe Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Fort Chiswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Kent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Wytheville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crockett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Max Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rural Retreat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Edmonds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hooker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Sparta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <2>
- Glade Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Amelia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Piney Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Topia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Scottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Grassy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weavers Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Crumpler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Transou
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Transou is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Helton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Helton is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Sturgills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Low Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Round Peak
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Devotion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Devotion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Red Brush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Mountain Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Thurmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Toast
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Mount Airy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Dobson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- State Road
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Wilkes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Abshers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Traphill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moxley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Lomax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Dehart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- McGrady
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stevens Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Stevens Creek.
Cemeteries Near Stevens Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stevens Creek.
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 Stevens Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stevens Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Smith - Byrd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Warrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fries Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stoneman Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edwards Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Isom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nuckolls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- River Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (640 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McKenzie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stevens Creek had a population of 32 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stevens Creek, with the one closest to Stevens Creek listed first.
- Grayson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Carsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Carsonville is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Fallville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fallville is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallville
- Wolf Glade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf Glade is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Glade
- Ivanhoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cripple Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cripple Creek is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Austinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Peach Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
- Pipers Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shorts Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Walton Furnace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Walton Furnace is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Furnace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stevens Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stevens Creek.
Newspapers Published in Stevens Creek ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stevens Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stevens Creek, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stevens Creek.
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 helpful 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 Stevens Creek:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Patrick County
- Pulaski County
- Smyth County
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Surry County
- Wilkes 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 Stevens Creek, 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- Stevens Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |