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 Boiling Spring (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 Boiling Spring. 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 Boiling Spring ...
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 Boiling Spring: Boiling Spg. (or less commonly used: Boiling Spng. or Boiling Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Boiling Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boiling Spring.
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 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.
Boiling Spring is located in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County: Augusta, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Orange & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Boiling Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boiling Spring:
- Albemarle County (The home county of Boiling Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Warren
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Esmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Porters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Scottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Keene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alberene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Covesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- North Garden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Simeon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Batesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- New Glasgow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Walkers Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Lowesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Amherst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monitor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sweet Briar Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Bent Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Beckham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Hurtsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Sherando
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lipscomb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Lyndhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dooms
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Crimora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fishersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sampson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Stuarts Draft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Axtell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Centenary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Glenmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Manteo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Mount Vinco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Bridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Arvonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alcoma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Gold Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Dillwyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Trenton Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Trents Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Lakeside Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cotton Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Nicholas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Antioch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Weber City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Fork Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kents Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Caledonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Fife
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tabscott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Medlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Bells Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Schuyler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Warminster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Faber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockfish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Adial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Old Myndus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Shipman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Norwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Lodebar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Greenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Nellysford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Durrett Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Arrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boiling Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Boiling Spring.
Cemeteries Near Boiling Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boiling Spring.
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 Boiling Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boiling Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery
- The Chestnut Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Esmont.
- The St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Stephen's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52032 <3>
- St. Georges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harris Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Esmont.
- The Harris Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harris - Kidd - Bryant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439014 <3>
- Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Scottsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Van Clief Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Liberty Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- George Nicholas Tapscott Family Cemetery
- Mt. Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Boiling Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boiling Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boiling Spring, with the one closest to Boiling Spring listed first.
- Warren
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- McCullough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCullough is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullough
- Esmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Howardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Hatton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hatton is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Glendower
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glendower is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendower
- Damon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Damon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Axtell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Scottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Centenary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Nicholas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Schuyler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alberene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Glenmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boiling Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boiling Spring.
Newspapers Published in Boiling Spring ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boiling Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boiling Spring, 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 Boiling Spring.
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 Boiling Spring:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Albemarle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Louisa County
- Nelson County
- Waynesboro City
- 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- Boiling Spring) 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 Boiling Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |