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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Boswell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Boswell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boswell, please Contact Us.
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 Boswell (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 Boswell. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Boswell is historic, it would have been located within present day Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Amelia, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Goochland, Powhatan & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Boswell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boswell:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Boswell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Lakeside Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Trenton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Trents Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Guinea Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cotton Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Scottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Woodridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Warren
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Keene
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Esmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Porters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Rose Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Keswick
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shadwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
- Simeon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Alberene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Cobham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Lodore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Paineville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Rodophil
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Masons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Amelia Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- New Canton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Bridgeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Arvonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gravel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Centenary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Dillwyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Buckingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Axtell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Enonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Mount Vinco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Alcoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Fork Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Columbia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Weber City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kents Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Nicholas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Antioch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Lake Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Fife
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caledonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Enon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Tabscott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Hadensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Goochland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Maidens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Thorncliff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Oilville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Vontay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Bells Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Shelfar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shelfar is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
- Vigor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Medlock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Gays ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Willowbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Trevilians
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Cuckoo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Louisa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Mineral
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Warminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Schuyler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Faber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rockfish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Orange County
- Gordonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Beaumont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Belona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Michaux
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Dorset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Pilkinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Huguenot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Farmville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tuggle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boswell, see our County-by-County Page for Boswell.
Cemeteries Near Boswell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boswell.
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 Boswell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boswell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bowler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thomas Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cartersville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bettie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Proffitt 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.
Boswell itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 28 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boswell, with the one closest to Boswell listed first.
- Gilliamsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilliamsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliamsville
- Bremo Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bremo Bluff is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremo Bluff
- New Canton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Trenton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Fork Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cremona ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cremona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cremona
- Columbia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Lawford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawford is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- Bush Park ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bush Park is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Park
- Arvonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elk Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elk Hill is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Hill
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Stage Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stage Junction is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Junction
- Tally ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tally is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tally
- Ashby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ashby is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boswell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boswell.
Newspapers Published in Boswell ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boswell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boswell, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boswell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Boswell:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Hanover County
- Louisa County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Boswell, 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> | 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> | 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- Boswell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |