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 Virginia Hill (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 Virginia Hill. 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 and hospitals 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.
Virginia Hill is located in Henderson County.
To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Henderson County: Anderson, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro, Smith & Van Zandt.
Below are the counties that are near Virginia Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Virginia Hill:
- Henderson County (The home county of Virginia Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Pine Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- LaRue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Murchison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Leagueville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Malakoff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Poynor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Log Cabin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Caney City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Star Harbor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Moore Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Springfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Blackfoot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Bois d'Arc
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Fosterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Ward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ward is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Cayuga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Elmwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Frankston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Montalba
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Cherokee Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Landing
- Cuney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reese
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Reese is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Bullard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Winkler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Mabank
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Tolosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Navarro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Goodlow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goodlow is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Goodlow has also been known as:
- Goodlow Park
- Kerens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bazette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Elm Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Elm Flat is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flat
- Eureka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Powell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Mildred
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mildred is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Dogwood City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Teaselville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Noonday
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Lee Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Flint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gresham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Carroll
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Edom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Wheeler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tundra
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Van
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Virginia Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Virginia Hill.
Cemeteries Near Virginia Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Virginia Hill.
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 Virginia Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Virginia Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Owen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Modoc Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Athens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Athens Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Athens.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #317712 <2>
- Alligator Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goodgame Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Willow Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Price Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shelby Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shelby Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Athens.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #169375 <2>
- Anderson County Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford Tucker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Virginia Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Virginia Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Virginia Hill, with the one closest to Virginia Hill listed first.
- Pine Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New York is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Murchison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Malakoff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blackfoot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Fosterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Fincastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fincastle is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Brushy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Brownsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Walton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Walton is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Trinidad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Montalba
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Virginia Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Virginia Hill.
Newspapers Published in Virginia Hill ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Virginia Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Virginia Hill, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Virginia Hill.
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 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 Virginia Hill:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Cherokee County
- Freestone County
- Kaufman County
- Navarro County
- Smith County
- Van Zandt County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Virginia Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Virginia Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |