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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Westboro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Westboro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Westboro, please Contact Us.
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 Westboro (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 Westboro. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Westboro is historic, it would have been located within present day Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie County: Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Greensville, Nottoway, Prince George & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Westboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westboro:
- Dinwiddie County (The home county of Westboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Darvills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Wilsons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- McKenney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Laird ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Sutherland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rowanta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Addison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Maitland Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Grant Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Earls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Ammon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Amelia Court House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Masons Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Paineville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Rodophil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Lodore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Alberta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Dolphin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Edgerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Callaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Totaro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Brodnax
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ezell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Powellton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Gholsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Ante
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Winterpock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Holly ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Matoaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Bollinger Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
- Braebrook Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Ettrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fendley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fendley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fendley
- Otterdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Emporia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Radium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Jarratt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Dundas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Lochleven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Kenbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oral Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Victoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bagleys Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Lunenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Nutbush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Wattsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Meherrin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Pleasant Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Ogburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Opie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- South Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- La Crosse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wightman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Dunns Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Hagood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Union Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Marengo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spainville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Winnie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Crewe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burkeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Pilkinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Dorset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Prince Edward County
- Green Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Sussex County
- Stony Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westboro, see our County-by-County Page for Westboro.
Cemeteries Near Westboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westboro.
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 Westboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Sharon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Butterwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Daniels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stainback Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fitzgerald Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Doyle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Booth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (277 more) ...
- St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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.
Westboro itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 4 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westboro, with the one closest to Westboro listed first.
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Darvills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Ordsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ordsburg is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordsburg
- Wellville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wellville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellville
- Wilsons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barrows Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barrows Store is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows Store
- Octagon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Octagon is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Irby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Irby is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irby
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sturgeonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgeonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeonville
- Edmunds Store
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edmunds Store is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Store
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westboro.
Newspapers Published in Westboro ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westboro, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westboro.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Westboro:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Dinwiddie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Brunswick County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Petersburg City
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward County
- Prince George County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Westboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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- Westboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |