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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 Terrys 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 Terrys 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 Terrys 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 Terrys Corner: Terrys Cor. (or less commonly used: Terrys Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Terrys Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Terrys Corner may originally have been Terry's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Terrys Corner might be written as Terry Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Terrys Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Terrys 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 southwest 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 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.
Terrys Corner is located in Halifax 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 Halifax County: Caswell (NC), Granville (NC), Person (NC), Campbell, Charlotte, Mecklenburg & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Terrys Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Terrys Corner:
- Halifax County (The home county of Terrys Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Jones
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jones is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Elmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Westside Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- South Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cluster Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Banister Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Halifax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Delila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Rodden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Sign Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Sutherlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Brookneal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Aspenwall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Wylliesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Danville City
- Danville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- Beaver Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Nelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Averett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Averett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averett
- Henrico
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Orgainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Shiny Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shiny Rock is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiny Rock
- Clarksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jeffress
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Finchley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Skipwith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Henrys Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henrys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mill
- Laurel Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Lucks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lucks is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucks
- Kentuck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Java
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Riceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Spring Garden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Markham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Markham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Transco Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Transco Village is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transco Village
- Sheva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Ridgecrest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Chalk Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Sonans
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sonans is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonans
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Semora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Estelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Blanch
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Leasburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gatewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Providence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Whitetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Yanceyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Pelham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- West Yanceyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Granville County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Wilbourns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilbourns is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbourns
- Berea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berea is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Bullock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gela
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gela is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gela
- Stovall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stovall is located in Granville County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Person County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Ceffo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ceffo is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hicks Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Roxboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Allensville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Allensville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Whitt Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whitt Town is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Town
- Roseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Allens Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Allens Level is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Level
- Cates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cates is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates
- Timberlake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hurdle Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Tirzah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Tirzah is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tirzah
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Terrys Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Terrys Corner.
Cemeteries Near Terrys Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Terrys 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 Terrys Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Terrys Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cross Road Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Level Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Arbor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- Mercy Seat Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Black Walnut Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<5>
While we didn't find Terrys Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Terrys Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Terrys Corner, with the one closest to Terrys Corner listed first.
- Paces
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paces is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paces
- Turbeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Turbeville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turbeville
- Mountain Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Road is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Road
- Elmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Barksdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barksdale is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
- Ingram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ingram is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Delila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Laurel Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sutherlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Rodden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Cunningham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cunningham is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Terrys Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Terrys Corner.
Newspapers Published in Terrys 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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Terrys Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Terrys Corner, 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 Terrys Corner.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Terrys Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Halifax County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Danville City
- Fluvanna County
- Madison County
- Mecklenburg County
- Pittsylvania County
- Caswell County
- Granville County
- Person 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Terrys Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Terrys Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |