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 Sunny Side (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 Sunny Side. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Sunny Side is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Amelia, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Goochland, Powhatan & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Sunny Side. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunny Side:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Sunny Side)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cumberland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trents Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Cotton Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Guinea Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Trenton Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Lakeside Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Scottsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Paineville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Rodophil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Lodore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Amelia Court House
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Masons Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Earls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Ammon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Appomattox County
- Hurtsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Gravel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gold Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Curdsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Arvonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Dillwyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Sheppards
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Enonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Andersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buckingham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Centenary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Alcoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Otterdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
- Winterpock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Midlothian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Robious
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Robious is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robious
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Wilsons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fork Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Weber City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nicholas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Kents Store
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Antioch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Fife
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Goochland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maidens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thorncliff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Enon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Caledonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Sandy Hook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Hadensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oilville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tabscott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Hanover County
- Vontay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Lorraine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Tuckahoe Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Village
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Shelfar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shelfar is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
- Willowbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Meherrin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Nutbush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Burkeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crewe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Spainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Blackstone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winnie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Belona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Pilkinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Beaumont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Michaux
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Dorset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Huguenot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Farmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tuggle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Blake Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Green Bay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Five Forks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunny Side, see our County-by-County Page for Sunny Side.
Cemeteries Near Sunny Side ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunny Side.
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 Sunny Side - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunny Side covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meador Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hendricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centenary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Guinea Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Flower Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Piedmont Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thomas Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sunny Side had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunny Side, with the one closest to Sunny Side listed first.
- Tobaccoville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tobaccoville is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobaccoville
- Oak Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Forest is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Ballsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ballsville is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballsville
- McRae
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McRae is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
- Angola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Angola is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
- Paineville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Ashby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ashby is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Rodophil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Tally ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tally is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tally
- Lodore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Belona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Guinea Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Trenholm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trenholm is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenholm
- Deatonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deatonville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunny Side. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunny Side.
Newspapers Published in Sunny Side ...
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 Sunny Side.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunny Side, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunny Side.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Sunny Side:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Appomattox County
- Buckingham County
- Chesterfield County
- Dinwiddie County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Louisa County
- Lunenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Powhatan 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 Sunny Side, 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- Sunny Side) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |