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 Truxillo (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 Truxillo. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Truxillo is located in Amelia 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 Amelia County: Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Powhatan & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Truxillo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Truxillo:
- Amelia County (The home county of Truxillo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Amelia Court House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lodore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Paineville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Rodophil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Masons Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Earls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Ammon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Brunswick County
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Curdsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Gravel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Sheppards
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Dillwyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Arvonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Enonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Andersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buckingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Winterpock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Otterdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
- Holly ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Midlothian
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Robious
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Robious is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robious
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Bon Air
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield Court House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Village
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cumberland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Guinea Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Trents Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Trenton Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Lakeside Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Wilsons
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Hebron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Darvills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Sutherland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fork Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weber City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Maidens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thorncliff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Goochland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fife
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oilville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Enon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Sandy Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Lorraine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Tuckahoe Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Village
- Short Pump
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Meherrin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Nutbush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Victoria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kenbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Crewe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Burkeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackstone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Winnie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Belona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Pilkinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Dorset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Michaux
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Beaumont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Huguenot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Farmville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Green Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Tuggle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Five Forks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Richmond County
- Chippenham Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chippenham Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippenham Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Truxillo, see our County-by-County Page for Truxillo.
Cemeteries Near Truxillo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Truxillo.
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 Truxillo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Truxillo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Amelia Court House.
- The Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amelia Cemetery
- Amelia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49230 <2>
- Flower Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grub Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piedmont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rennie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arbor Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Masons Corner.
- The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Big Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moores Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Southall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Truxillo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Truxillo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Truxillo, with the one closest to Truxillo listed first.
- Otterburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Otterburn is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterburn
- Amelia Court House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lodore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Paineville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Jetersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rodophil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Deatonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deatonville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatonville
- Chula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chula is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Tobaccoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tobaccoville is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobaccoville
- Ballsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ballsville is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballsville
- Denaro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Denaro is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denaro
- Sunny Side
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Side is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Gills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gills is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills
- Mattoax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mattoax is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoax
- Belona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Truxillo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Truxillo.
Newspapers Published in Truxillo ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Truxillo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Truxillo, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Truxillo.
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 Truxillo:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Amelia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Buckingham County
- Chesterfield County
- Cumberland County
- Dinwiddie County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Henrico County
- Lunenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward County
- Richmond 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> | 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. |
| <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- Truxillo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Truxillo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |