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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Whiteoak. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Whiteoak to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Whiteoak, 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 Whiteoak (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 Whiteoak. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Whiteoak is historic, it would have been located within present day Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania County: Caswell (NC), Rockingham (NC), Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Halifax & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Whiteoak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whiteoak:
- Pittsylvania County (The home county of Whiteoak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Ridgecrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Tightsqueeze
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tightsqueeze is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightsqueeze
- Spring Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Kentuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Mount Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Transco Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Transco Village is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transco Village
- Weal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Laurel Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
- Sheva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Lucks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lucks is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucks
- Swansonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Bedford County
- Huddleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Leesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Altavista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lynch Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Danville City
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Laprades Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laprades Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laprades Mill
- Penhook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sydnorsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- North Shore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Sutherlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sutherlin is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherlin
- Elmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elmo is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Delila
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delila is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delila
- Sign Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- Rodden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Jones
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jones is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Leda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Alton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Westside Village is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
- Cody
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Banister Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Halifax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Axton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Sandy Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Level
- Irisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Irisburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irisburg
- Laurel Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Chatmoss
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Ridgeway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Collinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Villa Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Reed Creek Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Fieldale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Madison County
- Beaver Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Park
- Martinsville City
- Martinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Caswell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Gatewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gatewood is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Whitetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whitetown is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Pelham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pelham is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Blanch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Milton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Estelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Estelle is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Semora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Yanceyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Yanceyville is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yanceyville
- Yanceyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Quick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Quick is located in Caswell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Person County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Ceffo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ceffo is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hicks Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hicks Village is located in Person County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Ruffin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Draper ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Draper is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Meadow Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Summit is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Summit
- Lawsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawsonville is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Eden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
- Spray ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- College Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- College Village is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Matrimony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Wentworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whiteoak, see our County-by-County Page for Whiteoak.
Cemeteries Near Whiteoak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whiteoak.
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 Whiteoak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whiteoak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Chestnut Level Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Burial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Burial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Burial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Danville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50621 <3>
- Jones Family Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harris Homestead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leemont Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chatham Burial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Weal Presbyterian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scearce Gammon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Danville Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (414 more) ...
- Mountain View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. View Cemetery
- Mt. View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grove Street Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.
While we didn't find Whiteoak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whiteoak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whiteoak, with the one closest to Whiteoak listed first.
- Pleasant Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Gap is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Dry Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dry Fork is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
- Keeling
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Kentuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kentuck is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Spring Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Mount Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Cross is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cross
- Whitmell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Whitmell is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmell
- Weal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Banister
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Banister is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister
- Vance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vance is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Ringgold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ringgold is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shockoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shockoe is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shockoe
- Bachelors Hall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bachelors Hall is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelors Hall
- Laurel Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whiteoak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whiteoak.
Newspapers Published in Whiteoak ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whiteoak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whiteoak, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whiteoak.
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 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 Whiteoak:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Pittsylvania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Campbell County
- Danville City
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Henry County
- Madison County
- Martinsville City
- Caswell County
- Person County
- Rockingham 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 Whiteoak, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whiteoak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |