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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 Arrington Court (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 Arrington Court. 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.

Name Variations for Arrington Court ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Arrington Court: Arrington Ct. (or less commonly used: Arrington Crt.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Cemeteries Near Arrington Court ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arrington Court.

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 Arrington Court - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arrington Court covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arrington Court, with the one closest to Arrington Court listed first.

  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Emanuel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ruddell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Old Lick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Springwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Bandy Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hogan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Blue Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Waldron Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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    • Tombstone Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Richard Carver Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Memorial Bridge Park
      (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.<1>

While we didn't find Arrington Court in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arrington Court.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Arrington Court, with the one closest to Arrington Court listed first.

  • Vinton
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Roanoke
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bonsack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonsack is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonsack
  • Coyner Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coyner Springs is located in Botetourt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyner Springs
  • Hollins
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cloverdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Leslie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Leslie is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Stewartsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Stewartsville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
  • Cave Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
  • Blue Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardy Ford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardy Ford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Ford
  • Troutville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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    • Daleville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Amsterdam
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
    • Poages Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Poages Mill is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poages Mill

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arrington Court. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arrington Court.

Newspapers Published in Arrington Court ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arrington Court.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arrington Court, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arrington Court.

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 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 Arrington Court:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Arrington Court, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Arrington Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.