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 Wallaceton (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 Wallaceton. 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.
Newspapers Published in Wallaceton ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wallaceton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wallaceton, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wallaceton.
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 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 Wallaceton:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Wallaceton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wallaceton.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wallaceton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wallaceton, with the one closest to Wallaceton listed first.
- Wallaceton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wallaceton Cemetery is located
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallaceton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2634619 <2>
- Good Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Northwest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northwest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northwest Cemetery
- Berea Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berea Cemetery
- Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Gardens
- Sargent March Corfrew Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sargent March Corfrew Family Cemetery
- Wallace Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- The Wallace Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Deep Creek Lock Park Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2283847 <2>
- Brinkley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brinkley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brinkley Cemetery
- Riddick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riddick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riddick Cemetery
- Whitehead Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitehead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitehead Cemetery
- Badger Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Badger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Badger Cemetery
- Continue List (122 more) ...
- Moyock Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moyock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moyock Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Roosevelt Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roosevelt Memorial Park
- Moyock Cemetery
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 Wallaceton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wallaceton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wallaceton, with the one closest to Wallaceton listed first.
- Lilly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Saunders
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Corapeake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corapeake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corapeake
- Corapeake is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corapeake <5>
- South Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mills
- South Mills is located in Camden County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Mills <5>
- Moyock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyock
- Moyock is located in Currituck County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moyock <5>
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Suffolk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffolk
- Suffolk is located in Suffolk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93,913 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suffolk <5>
- Shoulders Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
- Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City
- Wiggins Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wiggins Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins Crossroads
- Wiggins Crossroads is located in Gates County (NC)
- Driver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Driver is located in Suffolk City
- Berkley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Deanes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kilby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Manning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Whaley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kilby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wallaceton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wallaceton.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wallaceton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Wallaceton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wallaceton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6146, Longitude: -76.3788 In this case, the coordinates for Wallaceton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Wallaceton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |