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 Sunnyside (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 Sunnyside. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Sunnyside is located in Carroll 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 Sunnyside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunnyside:
- Carroll County (The home county of Sunnyside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Hillsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Gladesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Dugspur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Drenn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Sylvatus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Cana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pipers Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Lambsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Indian Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Floyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haycock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Poff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Sowers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Pizarro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Galax City
- Galax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Fries
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Low Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Elk Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bridle Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Childress
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Riner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Ararat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Meadows of Dan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Peters Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Woolwine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stuart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Charity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Elamsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Patrick Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Mack Creek Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Draper
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pulaski
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Snowville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Newbern
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wurno
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Hilton Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Dublin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Simpkins Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Radford Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Radford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sunset Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Austinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ivanhoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Fort Chiswell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Locust Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Max Meadows
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Wytheville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Speedwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Crockett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Edmonds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 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 <1>
- Amelia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Stokes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Aarons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Flat Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Vade Mecum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Round Peak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Mount Airy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Toast
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Flat Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Low Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Brush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Sheltontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Mount Herman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- White Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Albion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Holly Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Westfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunnyside, see our County-by-County Page for Sunnyside.
Cemeteries Near Sunnyside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunnyside.
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 Sunnyside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunnyside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Fielden Worrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Semones - Sunnyside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quesenberry - Semones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Semones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Horton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mountain Plains Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Henley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hardy - Jenkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Charles H Webb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gardner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Independence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (605 more) ...
- Gardner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McMillian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nelson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Sunnyside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunnyside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
- Hillsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Gladesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Drenn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Dugspur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Glade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wolf Glade is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Glade
- Pipers Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Cana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sylvatus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lambsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Laurel Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shorts Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunnyside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunnyside.
Newspapers Published in Sunnyside ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunnyside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunnyside, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunnyside.
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 either 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 Sunnyside:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Montgomery County
- Patrick County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Stokes County
- Surry 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 Sunnyside, 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- Sunnyside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |