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 Winterville (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 Winterville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Winterville is located in Accomack 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 Accomack County: Somerset (MD), Lancaster, Middlesex, Northampton & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Winterville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winterville:
- Accomack County (The home county of Winterville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterville, with the one closest to Winterville listed first.
- Bloxom
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hopeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hopeton is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton
- Groton Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Groton Town is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton Town
- Hallwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hallwood is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Parksley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gargatha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gargatha is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargatha
- Nelsonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonia is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonia
- Mappsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Modest Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whitesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitesville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Metompkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Metompkin is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metompkin
- Greenbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterville, with the one closest to Winterville listed first.
- Exmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wardtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wardtown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardtown
- Pleasant Cove Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Cove Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove Village
- Jamesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jamesville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Nassawadox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marionville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
- Birdsnest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sheps End
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sheps End is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheps End
- Somerset County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterville, with the one closest to Winterville listed first.
- Rehobeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tulls Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tulls Corner is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulls Corner
- Lawsonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonia is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonia
- Annemessix Towne ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Annemessix Towne is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annemessix Towne
- Crisfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daugherty Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daugherty Town is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Town
- Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Costen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Costen is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costen
- West Pocomoke
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Pocomoke is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pocomoke
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Manokin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Manokin is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manokin
- Frenchtown - Rumbly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
- Worcester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winterville, with the one closest to Winterville listed first.
- Pocomoke City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pocomoke City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocomoke City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,095 people
- Former names for Pocomoke City:
- New Town
- Stevens Landing
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocomoke City <1>
- Stockton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Girdletree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Girdletree is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdletree
- Snow Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedartown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedartown is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winterville, see our County-by-County Page for Winterville.
Cemeteries Near Winterville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winterville.
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 Winterville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winterville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winterville, with the one closest to Winterville listed first.
- Bloxom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wessells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edge Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Lawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Onancock.
- Mt. Holly Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Onancock Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Joynes Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pitts Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (87 more) ...
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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 Winterville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Winterville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winterville, with the one closest to Winterville listed first.
- Guilford
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Guilford is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Bloxom
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mearsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mearsville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mearsville
- Hopeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hopeton is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeton
- Justisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Justisville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justisville
- Parksley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gargatha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gargatha is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargatha
- Nelsonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonia is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonia
- Hallwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hallwood is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Hopkins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
- Lee Mont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Mont is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mont
- Modest Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mappsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belinda
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Belinda is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda
- Metompkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Metompkin is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metompkin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winterville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winterville.
Newspapers Published in Winterville ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winterville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winterville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winterville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Winterville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Accomack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Northampton County
- Somerset County
- Worcester 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 Winterville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |