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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 Bluemont Estates (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 Bluemont Estates. 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 Bluemont Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bluemont Estates: Bluemont Ests.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Bluemont Estates is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Amherst, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke & Rockbridge.
Below are the counties that are near Bluemont Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bluemont Estates:
- Bedford County (The home county of Bluemont Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boonsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Abert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Coleman Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Goode
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cifax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Waugh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Lowry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Peaksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Huddleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Davis Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Madison Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Joshua Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Pedlar Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Coolwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Pleasant View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Sweet Briar Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Allwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Amherst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Forks of Buffalo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Sandidges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Walkers Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Spout Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Beckham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Spring Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Appomattox
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Bent Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Evergreen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Rocky Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Buchanan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lithia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Springwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Blue Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Powhatan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Bedford Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Lawyers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Rustburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Lynch Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Altavista
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gladys
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Charlotte County
- Abell ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Franklin County
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Halifax County
- Cody
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Woodbine Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lynchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lavino Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Gladstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Arrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colleen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Massies Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Norwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Jonesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Hurt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Brutus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Renan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Pittsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Glasgow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Buffalo Forge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Natural Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Red Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- East Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bluemont Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Bluemont Estates.
Cemeteries Near Bluemont Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bluemont Estates.
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 Bluemont Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bluemont Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lynchburg Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ft. Hill Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prebble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lynchburg.
- The Old City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Confederate Cemetery
- Methodist Cemetery
- Old Lynchburg City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970115 <2>
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leftwich Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- Edwin J. Lee Family Cemetery
- Callaway - Steptoe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilliam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bluemont Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bluemont Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bluemont Estates, with the one closest to Bluemont Estates listed first.
- Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boonsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Coffee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coffee is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
- Bedford Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Lawyers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Abert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Perrowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perrowville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrowville
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Pearch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pearch is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearch
- Bocock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bocock is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bocock
- Goode
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coleman Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Salt Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Salt Creek is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Yellow Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Elon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elon is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bluemont Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bluemont Estates.
Newspapers Published in Bluemont Estates ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bluemont Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bluemont Estates, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bluemont Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Bluemont Estates:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Botetourt County
- Buena Vista City
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Franklin County
- Halifax County
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Pittsylvania 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 Bluemont Estates, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bluemont Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |