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 Arkton (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 Arkton. 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 doctors and 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.
Arkton is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Page, Shenandoah, Hardy (WV) & Pendleton (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Arkton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arkton:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Arkton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Lacey Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Mayland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Plains Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Daphna
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Broadway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timberville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Linville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Cootes Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Cherry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Edom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edom is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
- Turleytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Green Mount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Mount is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mount
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Boonesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Cedarmere
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Mountfair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- Free Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Earlysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Grottoes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Weyers Cave
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Solon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Stokesville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stokesville is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
- Parnassus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Crimora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Kinderhook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Stanardsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Amicus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Quinque
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Dawsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Syria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wolftown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Ruth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Aroda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Shenandoah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Verbena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Leaksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Stanley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Luray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Rileyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Sperryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rediviva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Slate Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Scrabble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Woodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rinkerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Mount Clifton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Orkney Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jerome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Willow Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Columbia Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Calvary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Woodstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Fountains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Overall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Mathias
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lost City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Peru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Pendleton County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Fort Seybert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Seybert is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seybert
- Brandywine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Propstburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Propstburg is located in Pendleton County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Propstburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arkton, see our County-by-County Page for Arkton.
Cemeteries Near Arkton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arkton.
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 Arkton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arkton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Fairview Church of the Brethren Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Arkton Tunker Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Zirkle / Driver Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem UCC Cemetery
- The Bethlehem UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Martz Cemetery
- Mountain Valley Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Concord UCC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bible Way Church of God in Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Byrd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lacey Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grace Mennonite Fellowship Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- Jacob Sellers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barley Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flook Armentrout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Arkton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arkton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arkton, with the one closest to Arkton listed first.
- Tenth Legion
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tenth Legion is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenth Legion
- Mauzy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mauzy is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauzy
- Oakwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Lacey Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Mayland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Grove Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Hill is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Market Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Market Station is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Station
- Timberville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broadway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Paulington ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paulington is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulington
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shenandoah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Honeyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arkton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arkton.
Newspapers Published in Arkton ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arkton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arkton, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arkton.
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 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 Arkton:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Hardy County
- Pendleton 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arkton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Arkton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |