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 Blaineville (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 Blaineville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Blaineville 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 Blaineville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blaineville:
- Page County (The home county of Blaineville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Marksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Luray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leaksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Kimball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Rileyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Cedarmere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Advance Mills Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Burnley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Augusta County
- Grottoes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Griffinsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eggbornsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Norman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Homeland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Waylands Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Rixeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Culpeper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Orlean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Frederick County
- Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Kinderhook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Stanardsville
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Dawsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Syria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Ruth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Hood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wolftown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Aroda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Radiant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Burnt Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Madison Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Orange County
- Montpelier Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Sperryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rediviva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Scrabble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Slate Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Amissville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Plains Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Elkton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Lacey Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Mayland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Timberville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Broadway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Berrytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Daphna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Massanutten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Cootes Store
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- New Market
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- 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
- Edinburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fountains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Mount Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Calvary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Columbia Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Maurertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Overall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Front Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Waterlick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Royal Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Happy Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Riverton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Applewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Reliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Mathias
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lost City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blaineville, see our County-by-County Page for Blaineville.
Cemeteries Near Blaineville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blaineville.
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 Blaineville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blaineville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Marshall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old County Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leaks Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gray Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beahm's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Luray.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49373 <3>
- St. Luke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (344 more) ...
- Tanners Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Longs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Blaineville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blaineville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blaineville, with the one closest to Blaineville listed first.
- Ida
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ida is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Stony Man
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Marksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Luray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leaksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Alma
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Honeyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Kimball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Ingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Nethers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nethers is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nethers
- Grove Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Hill is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jollett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jollett is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
- Peola Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Rileyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blaineville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blaineville.
Newspapers Published in Blaineville ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blaineville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blaineville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blaineville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Blaineville:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Hardy 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blaineville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Blaineville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |