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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Brownton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brownton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brownton, 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 Brownton (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 Brownton. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Brownton is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Brownton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownton:

  • Albemarle County     (The home county of Brownton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Keene
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Esmont
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Esmont is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
    • Porters
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Porters is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
    • Alberene
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Alberene is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
    • Warren
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Warren is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Scottsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stony Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • North Garden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Covesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Covesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
    • Woodridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
    • Simeon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Simeon is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
    • Batesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Amherst County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • New Glasgow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
    • Lowesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Walkers Ford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Bent Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
    • Beckham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Beckham is located in Appomattox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Sherando
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherando is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
    • Dooms
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Dooms is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
    • Lyndhurst
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lipscomb
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
    • Crimora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sampson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Fishersville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Stuarts Draft
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Brand
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brand is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
  • Buckingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Axtell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Axtell is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
    • Centenary
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Centenary is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
    • Glenmore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
    • Manteo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Manteo is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
    • Bridgeport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Arvonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New Canton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • New Canton is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
    • Mount Vinco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
    • Gold Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Alcoma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
    • Buckingham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Gravel Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 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 Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Belmont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Charlottesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Locust Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Trenton Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
    • Lakeside Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Trents Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
    • Cumberland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fluvanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Nicholas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
    • Antioch
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Lake Monticello
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • 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)
    • Weber City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Columbia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Kents Store
      (24 miles [38.6 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 Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Caledonia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Caledonia is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Tabscott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Tabscott is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
    • Fife
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Amicus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Quinque
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Quinque is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Medlock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Medlock is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
    • Bells Crossroads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
    • Green Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Springs is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
    • Meltons
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Meltons is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
    • Trevilians
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Trevilians is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
  • Nelson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Schuyler
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Faber
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rockfish
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Rockfish is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Warminster
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Warminster is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
    • Adial
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Adial is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
    • Durrett Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
    • Greenfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Greenfield is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Lodebar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lodebar is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
    • Old Myndus
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
    • Onan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Onan is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
    • Nellysford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Shipman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Shipman is located in Nelson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brownton, with the one closest to Brownton listed first.
    • Barboursville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gordonsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Waynesboro City
    • Waynesboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Brownton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownton.

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 Brownton - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Van Clief Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Georges Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Christ Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Scottsville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Harris Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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]<4> 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>
  • Chestnut Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery
    • The Chestnut Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (227 more) ...
    • Rising Sun Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hardware Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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.

While we didn't find Brownton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brownton.

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

  • Glendower
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Glendower is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendower
  • Esmont
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Esmont is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
  • Alberene
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Alberene is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
  • Damon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Damon is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
  • Warren
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Warren is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
  • Scottsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stony Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Blenheim
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blenheim is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenheim
  • McCullough
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • McCullough is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullough
  • Hatton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatton is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
  • Nicholas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
  • North Garden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Covesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Covesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
    • Schuyler
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Howardsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville

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

Newspapers Published in Brownton ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brownton, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brownton.

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 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 Brownton:

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 Brownton, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brownton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.