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 Winfall (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 Winfall. 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 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.
Winfall 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 Winfall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winfall:
- Campbell County (The home county of Winfall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Mount Zion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rustburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gladys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Yellow Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Lawyers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Bedford Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Powhatan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Melrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Altavista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Joshua Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Madison Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Winesap
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Coolwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Walkers Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Sweet Briar Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Pedlar Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Monitor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Pleasant View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- New Glasgow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Allwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Spring Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Spout Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Chap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Appomattox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Beckham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Pamplin City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Hurtsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bellevue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Boonsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Goode
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Abert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Lowry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Cifax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Huddleston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Coleman Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Waugh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Davis Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Joppa Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Buckingham County
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Abell ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Rough Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Aspenwall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Phenix
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Cullen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Charlotte Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abilene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Cody
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Rabat
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Nathalie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Leda is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
- Loftis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Crystal Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Rodden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rodden is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
- Sign Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
- 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
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Lynchburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodbine Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lavino Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Gladstone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Hurt
(14 miles [22.5 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Renan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Riceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Chalk Level
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Gretna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Markham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Markham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Pittsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Sonans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sonans is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonans
- Java
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Java is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
- Sheva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Whittles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Darlington Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Five Forks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winfall, see our County-by-County Page for Winfall.
Cemeteries Near Winfall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winfall.
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 Winfall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winfall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Silver Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Winfall Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perrow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tweedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merryman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosser Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Torrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dodson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilliam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Candler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Altavista Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Drinkard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Burford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Winfall had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winfall, with the one closest to Winfall listed first.
- Mount Zion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Rustburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gladys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Yellow Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Marysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Marysville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Lawyers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Perrows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perrows is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrows
- Naruna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Naruna is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
- Spring Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Bocock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bocock is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bocock
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Evington is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evington
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Old Pilot ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Pilot is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pilot
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Bedford Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winfall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winfall.
Newspapers Published in Winfall ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winfall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winfall, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winfall.
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 Winfall:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Campbell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Buckingham County
- Charlotte County
- Halifax County
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Pittsylvania County
- Prince Edward 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> | 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 Winfall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Winfall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |