Localities in Mecklenburg Co., VA

Long ago Places in Mecklenburg County
Including defunct villages, crossroads, post offices, etc.

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Old Place Name (Click on name for more data)	Current Name	Earliest Known Date	Locator	Contributor
Alexander's Ferry	Alexander's Ferry Road	1741	S. side Roanoke R.	JH Alexander
Cattail Creek	Cattail Creek	1765 or earlier	South of S.Fork Meherrin R.	J. Marshall Neathery
Cox's Cart Path	Non-existent	1775 - earliest known	Near South Fork of the Meherrin River	J. Marshall Neathery
Dry Creek	Dry Creek	1765 or earlier	Headwaters on old Thomas Nethery lands near Scotts Crossroads	J. Marshall Neathery
Finneywood	Finneywood	?	South of S. Fork Meherrin R.	Misc.
Mill Grove	Defunct	1819	County line bet.Chase City & Lunenburg CH	E. Jack Gregory
Scott's Crossroads	Scott's Crossroads	1840 or earlier	Three miles east of Chase City at Va. 47 and Scotts Crossroads Road	J. Marshall Neathery
Shiney Rock (link added 7-6-02)	Shiney Rock Community	Mid 1800s or earlier	Area south of Clarksville, Virginia and west of U. S. Highway 15, just north of the Granville County, North Carolina area known as the Grassy Creek Community. Around Union Chapel Baptist Church.	J. Marshall Neathery
Taylor's Ferry	Non-existent	Prior to 1776	At Roanoke River, about five miles southwest of Boydton, Va. and some five miles northeast of Townville, N.C. Near Tarry lands.	J. Marshall Neathery
White House I & White House II	White House Community	Early 1800s	Intersection of State Routes 602 & 735, in the Buffalo Creek area.	JoLee Spears
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NOTES ON LONG AGO PLACES IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY

Alexander's Ferry (and Alexander's Ferry Road) was located from 1741 until at least 1836 apx. 2 1/4 miles (as the crow flies) north-northeast by northeast of Kerr dam, on the south side of the Roanoke River. There is still a road located there which points north and stops apx. 1/2 mile south of the riverbank, called Alexander's Ferry Road. It is on no map I can find. JH Alexander

Cattail Creek - Headwaters begin on the old THOMAS NETHERY Lands (now Breezy Crest Farm owned by Mrs. Virgina Newton) in Mecklenburg County, one-half mile north of Va. Highway 47 and three miles northeast of the town of Chase City. This watercourse runs north through the old Nethery lands to the South Fork of the Meherrin River (at the Lunenburg County line). J. Marshall Neathery, June 1999

Cox's Cart Path - Beginning at Col. John Cox's place near South Fork of the Meherrin River, travelling southeastwardly across the lands of Edward Neal, Thomas Nethery, Sr., Samuel Pettus, and others, connecting with the road to Boydton. NOTE: Not to be confused with Cox's Old Road that began in Mecklenburg and travelled northeastwardly to Petersburg. J. Marshall Neathery, June 1999

Shiney Rock - Glenn Powell, Vienna, VA, writes July 2002: According to local legend, Shiney Rock got its name from miners looking for
 gold in the area in the 1800's but all they ever found was "shiney rock". Also, if memory serves me correctly, the country store at Shiney 
Rock also served as a post office under the name of "Nunn, VA" in the very late 1800's and early 1900's. Shiney Rock is located on 
Shiney Rock Road approximately 1 mile south of Union Chapel Baptist Church and approximately 1 mile north of the Virginia/North 
Carolina border.

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