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 Alhambra (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 Alhambra. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Alhambra is located in Amherst 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 Amherst County: Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Lynchburg City, Nelson & Rockbridge.
Below are the counties that are near Alhambra. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alhambra:
- Amherst County (The home county of Alhambra)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Lowesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Sandidges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Forks of Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Monitor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Allwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- New Glasgow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Amherst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sweet Briar Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Pleasant View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Coolwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Pedlar Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Walkers Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Covesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- Batesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alberene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Esmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Porters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- North Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yancey Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
- Crozet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foothill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Keene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Beckham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Bent Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Steeles Tavern
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spottswood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sherando
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lipscomb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Stuarts Draft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lyndhurst
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Middlebrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arbor Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Brand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Fishersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jolivue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Millboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yost
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yost is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Abert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Coleman Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Waugh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Boonsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Manteo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Axtell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Glenmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Mount Vinco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Campbell County
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Lavino Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Lynchburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Woodbine Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Massies Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Tyro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Bryant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Colleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Arrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Myndus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Nellysford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shipman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Adial
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Lodebar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Buffalo Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Marlbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Davis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Brownsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Lexington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Buffalo Forge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Glasgow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kerrs Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Fancy Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Greenlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Goshen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alhambra, see our County-by-County Page for Alhambra.
Cemeteries Near Alhambra ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alhambra.
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 Alhambra - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alhambra covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mays Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Level Green Estate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tucker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Steele Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fulcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Oak Hill Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Memorial Gardens
- The Oak Hill Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51478 <2>
- Beard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Alhambra in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alhambra.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alhambra, with the one closest to Alhambra listed first.
- Lowesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Massies Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Montebello
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gidsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gidsville is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gidsville
- Roseland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Irish Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irish Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Creek
- Bryant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Sandidges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Oronoco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oronoco is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoco
- Willow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Forks of Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clifford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clifford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Colleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Vesuvius
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alhambra. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alhambra.
Newspapers Published in Alhambra ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alhambra.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alhambra, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alhambra.
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 websites either 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 Alhambra:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Amherst County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Bath County
- Bedford County
- Buckingham County
- Buena Vista City
- Campbell County
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Rockbridge County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- 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 Alhambra, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alhambra) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |