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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 Battle Creek (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 Battle Creek. 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 Battle Creek ...

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 Battle Creek: Battle Crk. (or less commonly used: Battle Ck. or Battle Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Battle Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Battle Creek.

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.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Battle Creek is located in Page 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 Page County: Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah & Warren.

Below are the counties that are near Battle Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Battle Creek:

  • Page County     (The home county of Battle Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Leaksville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Leaksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
    • Stanley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Marksville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Marksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
    • Luray
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Shenandoah
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Verbena
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
    • Kimball
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kimball is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Rileyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Cedarmere
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Boonesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
    • Advance Mills Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
    • Advance Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Mountfair
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Grottoes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Weyers Cave
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Culpeper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Griffinsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
    • Eggbornsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
    • Norman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Norman is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Salem is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Homeland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Homeland is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
    • Waylands Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Kinderhook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Kinderhook is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
    • Stanardsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Amicus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Quinque
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Quinque is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
    • Dawsonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
  • Harrisonburg City
    • Harrisonburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Syria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Peola Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Peola Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
    • Hood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ruth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ruth is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
    • Wolftown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Madison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Tryme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tryme is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
    • Aroda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Aroda is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
    • Radiant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Radiant is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
    • Burnt Tree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
  • Rappahannock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Sperryville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rediviva
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
    • Slate Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
    • Woodville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Scrabble
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
    • Washington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Chester Gap
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
    • Reager
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Reager is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Plains Mill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
    • Lacey Spring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
    • Mayland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Mayland is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
    • Timberville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Broadway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Daphna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Daphna is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
    • Elkton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
    • Melrose
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Melrose is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Linville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Linville is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
    • Cootes Store
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
    • Turleytown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Turleytown is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
    • Cherry Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
    • Edom
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Edom is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
  • Shenandoah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • New Market
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Jackson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Rinkerton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
    • Mount Clifton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
    • Edinburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Willow Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Basye - Bryce Mountain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Orkney Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Calvary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
    • Columbia Furnace
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
    • Woodstock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jerome
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Seven Fountains
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Overall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Overall is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
    • Bentonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Limeton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Limeton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
    • Viscose City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Viscose City is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
    • Waterlick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Waterlick is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
    • Front Royal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Royal Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal Village is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
  • Hardy County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Battle Creek, with the one closest to Battle Creek listed first.
    • Mathias
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lost City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Peru
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Peru is located in Hardy County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Battle Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Battle Creek.

Cemeteries Near Battle Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Battle Creek.

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 Battle Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Luke Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Longs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Leaks Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bible Way Church of God in Christ Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grove Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Comer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Matthews Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthews Cemetery
    • The St. Matthews Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Reformation Cemetery
    • Reformation Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #947159 <2>
  • Woods Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Valley Central Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Zirkle / Driver Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (363 more) ...
    • Fairview Church of the Brethren Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rinaca Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gray Hollow Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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 Battle Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Battle Creek.

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

  • Alma
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Alma is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
  • Honeyville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Honeyville is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
  • Leaksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Leaksville is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
  • Stanley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Grove Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Grove Hill is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Ingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ingham is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
  • New Market
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Marksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Marksville is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
  • Quicksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • New Market Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • New Market Station is located in Shenandoah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Station
  • Tenth Legion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Tenth Legion is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenth Legion
  • Mauzy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mauzy is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauzy
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Shenandoah
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ida
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Ida is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
    • Stony Man
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Stony Man is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man

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

Newspapers Published in Battle Creek ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Battle Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Battle Creek, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Battle Creek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Battle Creek:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Battle Creek) 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 Battle Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.