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 Angelo (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 Angelo. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Angelo 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 Angelo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Angelo:
- Amherst County (The home county of Angelo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Sweet Briar Station
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Coolwell
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Amherst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Winesap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- New Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Walkers Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Joshua Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Madison Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandidges
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Pedlar Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Allwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Beckham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Bent Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Spout Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Appomattox
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Spring Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Chap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Hurtsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Pamplin City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Steeles Tavern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spottswood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Sherando
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Abert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Boonsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Coleman Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Waugh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Cifax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Goode
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Peaksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Botetourt County
- Rocky Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Toga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Manteo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Alcoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Mount Vinco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Glenmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Andersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Buckingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Axtell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Enonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Powhatan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Rustburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lawyers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Timberlake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Bedford Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Yellow Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Mount Zion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Gladys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hat Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Lynch Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Lavino Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Lynchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodbine Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Buffalo Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Gladstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colleen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Norwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Massies Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Jonesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Shipman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Bryant
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Tyro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Old Myndus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Warminster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Buffalo Forge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Glasgow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Greenlee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Marlbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- East Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Fancy Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Natural Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Davis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Red Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Angelo, see our County-by-County Page for Angelo.
Cemeteries Near Angelo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Angelo.
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 Angelo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Angelo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Faulconer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Christian Aid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hicks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morriss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McIvor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amherst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amherst Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Amherst.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49232 <2>
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Harrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hudson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Angelo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Angelo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Angelo, with the one closest to Angelo listed first.
- Coolwell
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Elon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elon is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Stapleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stapleton is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
- New Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Clifford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Salt Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Salt Creek is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Joshua Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Walkers Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Abert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Sandidges
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Pedlar Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gidsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gidsville is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gidsville
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Tye River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tye River is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Angelo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Angelo.
Newspapers Published in Angelo ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Angelo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Angelo, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Angelo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Angelo:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Amherst County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Buckingham County
- Buena Vista City
- Campbell County
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Rockbridge County
- 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 Angelo, 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 from Point A (ie- Angelo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |