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 Valley View Heights (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 Valley View Heights. 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 Valley View Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Valley View Heights: Valley Vw. Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Valley View Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Valley View Heights.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Valley View Heights is located in Campbell 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 Campbell County: Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Charlotte, Halifax & Pittsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Valley View Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley View Heights:
- Campbell County (The home county of Valley View Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Altavista
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lynch Station
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Leesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Yellow Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Gladys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bedford Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Lawyers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Melrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Timberlake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Powhatan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Mount Zion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rustburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Madison Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Joshua Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Winesap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Coolwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Pedlar Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Spring Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Chap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Spout Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Appomattox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Huddleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bellevue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Goode
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lowry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Davis Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Radford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
- Joppa Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Moneta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cifax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Boonsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Clevilas ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clevilas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevilas
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Abell ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Aspenwall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Rough Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Phenix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Penhook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Shore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Union Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westlake Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- Laprades Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Burnt Chimney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Burnt Chimney is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney
- Redwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Villa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Cody
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Leda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Rabat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Loftis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Nathalie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sign Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Rodden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Crystal Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Clays Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Jones
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jones is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Woodbine Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lynchburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lavino Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Hurt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Brutus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Renan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Gretna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chalk Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Pittsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Sonans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sonans is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonans
- Markham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Markham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Riceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Whittles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Whittles is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittles
- Whittles has also been known as:
- Whittle's Depot
- Whittle's Station
- Sheva
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Java
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley View Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Valley View Heights.
Cemeteries Near Valley View Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley View Heights.
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 Valley View Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valley View Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Altavista Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Independence Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winfall Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leftwich Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Stone Road Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Midway Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Valley View Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valley View Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley View Heights, with the one closest to Valley View Heights listed first.
- Lynch Station
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Hill Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hill Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove
- Perrows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Perrows is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrows
- Motley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Leesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Level Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Level Run is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Run
- Evington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Evington is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evington
- Brutus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Marysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marysville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Glenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glenland is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenland
- Straightstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Straightstone is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straightstone
- Cedar Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Forest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Forest
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Yellow Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Gillespie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gillespie is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillespie
- Brights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brights is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brights
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley View Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley View Heights.
Newspapers Published in Valley View Heights ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley View Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley View Heights, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valley View Heights.
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 Valley View Heights:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Campbell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Charlotte County
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Lynchburg City
- Pittsylvania 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> | 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 Valley View Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Valley View Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |