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 Virtue (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 Virtue. 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.
Virtue is located in Knox County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Knox County: Anderson, Blount, Grainger, Jefferson, Loudon, Roane, Sevier & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Virtue. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Virtue:
- Knox County (The home county of Virtue)
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Boyd
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Farragut
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Belle Aire
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Belle Aire is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
- Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Aldenwood Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
- Volunteer Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
- Kingston Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston Woods is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
- Middlebrook Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
- Oak Grove Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
- Karns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hunting Hills West
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hunting Hills West is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills West
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,970 people
- Cumberland Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland Estates is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 304 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Scarboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Oak Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
- Robertsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Claxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Peak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Oliver Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leinarts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Panther ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 719 people
- Fraterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fraterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
- Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Friendsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kiser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- McMullens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McMullens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
- Big Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Alcoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Binfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Rockford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Fairway Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Estates is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
- Maryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockgardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Brick Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Shea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- Pine Crest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
- Hatmaker ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Lenoir City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharp Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Eaton Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- White Wing Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
- Centersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Loudon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Greenback
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Loudon City Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Morganton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Trigonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Bell Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Prigmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Meigs County
- Surprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Vonore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Sweetwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Belltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Tupper Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tupper Town is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Coal Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Coalfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coalfield is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
- Petros
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Harriman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Deermont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Mahan Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Wartburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Nemo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Bear ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Bradbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bradbury is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Ethel ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ethel is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Cave Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Dyllis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Kries
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Kelley Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelley Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
- Kingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Laddie Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Bazel Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Scott County
- Hembree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Seymour Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
- Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dupont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dupont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Oak City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Boyds Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Gabe ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gabe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Paulette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Loyston ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Loyston is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyston
- Plainview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Warwicktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warwicktown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwicktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 658 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Virtue, see our County-by-County Page for Virtue.
Cemeteries Near Virtue ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Virtue.
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 Virtue - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Virtue covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Long Tom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Forest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Keener Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Early Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackoak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lenoir City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14445 <2>
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crandall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eldridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (1032 more) ...
- Lenoir City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zions Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Virtue had a post office and no railroad service. In 2014, Virtue had a population of 131 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Virtue, with the one closest to Virtue listed first.
- Boyd
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ewing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ewing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Disco
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Disco is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Eaton Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Unitia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Unitia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unitia
- Kiser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Ball Camp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Camp is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Camp
- Leedom ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leedom is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedom
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Scarboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Mentor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mentor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Bear ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Virtue. See our List of 1890's Communities around Virtue.
Newspapers Published in Virtue ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Virtue.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Virtue, 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 Virtue.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Virtue:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Blount County
- Campbell County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- Sevier County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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 Virtue, 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- Virtue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |