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 Turners Crossroads (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 Turners Crossroads. 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 Turners Crossroads ...
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 Turners Crossroads: Turners Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Turners Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Turners Crossroads may originally have been Turner's Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Turners Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Turners Crossroads.
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 northeast 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 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.
Turners Crossroads is located in Greensville 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 Greensville County: Northampton (NC), Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Southampton & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Turners Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turners Crossroads:
- Greensville County (The home county of Turners Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Skippers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Claresville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Radium
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Ante
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Powellton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Totaro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ankum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Ezell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Gasburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gholsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Callaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Edgerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Lawrenceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dolphin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Netta ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Emporia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Hagood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- La Crosse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marengo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Little Texas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Adams Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Koskoo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Branchville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Drewryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boykins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Worrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Capron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Joyner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Newsoms
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Newsoms is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsoms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Pope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Grizzard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Mason
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Yale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stony Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sussex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Bertie County (NC)
- Roxobel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roxobel is located in Bertie County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Belmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Roanoke Rapids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Weldon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- South Rosemary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Halifax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Allen Grove is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Grove
- Littleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tillery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heathsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heathsville is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Airlie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Brinkleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Hertford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Murfreesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Menola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Menola is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menola
- Nash County (NC)
- Taylor Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taylor Crossroads is located in Nash County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Crossroads
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gaston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <2>
- Garysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seaboard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Margarettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Henrico
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lasker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Conway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Conway is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <2>
- Pendleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Severn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Potecasi
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Vaughan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Church Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Arcola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Macon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turners Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Turners Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Turners Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turners Crossroads.
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 Turners Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turners Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Vincent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wyche Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Massey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moody Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Squire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedarwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Roanoke Rapids (NC).
- The Cedarwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47078 <3>
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (192 more) ...
- Round Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Falling Run Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greensville Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Turners Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turners Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turners Crossroads, with the one closest to Turners Crossroads listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Skippers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brink
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brink is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Garysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gumberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Barley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barley is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barley
- Weldon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Seaboard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Claresville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Emporia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ante
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Durand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Durand is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Green Plain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Plain is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Plain
- James River Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- James River Junction is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River Junction
- Margarettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turners Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turners Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Turners Crossroads ...
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 Turners Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turners Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turners Crossroads.
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 Turners Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Greensville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Emporia City
- Mecklenburg County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex County
- Bertie County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Warren 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> | 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. |
| <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 Turners Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turners Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |