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 Arlington (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 Arlington. 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.
Newspapers Published in Arlington ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arlington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arlington, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arlington.
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 helpful 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 Arlington:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Arlington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arlington.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arlington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arlington, with the one closest to Arlington listed first.
- City Point National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Point National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hopewell.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Point National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109393 <2>
- Appomattox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Appomattox Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hopewell.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Appomattox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1492175 <2>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Sinai Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
- Bermuda Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bermuda Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bermuda Memorial Park
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Harrison Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harrison Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harrison Grove Cemetery
- Bucher and Strachan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bucher and Strachan Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the west of Chester.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bucher and Strachan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288804 <2>
- Walker Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Walker Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walker Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the west of Chester.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264660 <2>
- Merchants Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merchants Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merchants Hope Cemetery
- Vaughan - Eyler Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vaughan - Eyler Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vaughan - Eyler Family Cemetery
- Mt. Minnis Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Minnis Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Minnis Memorial Park
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Little Church Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Church Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1889373 <2>
- Peoples Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peoples Memorial Cemetery is located in Petersburg.
- The Peoples Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Providence Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peoples Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192025 <2>
- Blandford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blandford Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Petersburg.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blandford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49478 <2>
- Little Church Street Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Arlington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arlington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arlington, with the one closest to Arlington listed first.
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bermuda Hundred. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Shirley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Meadowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
- Walthall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Ettrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Ettrick is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ettrick <6>
- Garysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Pembroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Westover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Cotman ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <6>
- Matoaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Newville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Varina Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Disputanta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Disputanta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disputanta
- Disputanta is located in Prince George County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Disputanta <6>
- Glendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Varina Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arlington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arlington.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arlington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Arlington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arlington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2835, Longitude: -77.2950 In this case, the coordinates for Arlington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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 Arlington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |