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 Browntown (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 Browntown. 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 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.
Browntown is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock & Shenandoah.
Below are the counties that are near Browntown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browntown:
- Warren County (The home county of Browntown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Limeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limeton is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Bentonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Overall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Overall is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Viscose City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Viscose City is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Front Royal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Royal Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Royal Village is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Riverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Riverton is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Applewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Happy Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Cedarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Waterlick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Reliance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Reliance is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- White Post
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Berrys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berrys is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- Millwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Boyce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Arcadia Farm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia Farm is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Farm
- Berryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaylord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gaylord is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Homeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Eggbornsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Jeffersonton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Griffinsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Rixeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Norman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Culpeper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Elkwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Markham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orlean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ada is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Delaplane
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Marshall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kerfoot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kerfoot is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerfoot
- Belvoir ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belvoir was located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvoir
- Turnbull
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- The Plains
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Warrenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Middletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tulip
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Stephens City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Armel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Armel is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armel
- Echo Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Echo Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
- Day - Mar Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Fawcett Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Mountain Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Chambersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Rosenberger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Albin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Albin is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Lehew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Loudoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Welbourne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Welbourne is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welbourne
- Middleburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Unison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Unison is located in Loudoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unison
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Peola Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Syria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tryme
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ruth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Rileyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kimball
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Luray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leaksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Marksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prince William County
- Waterfall Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waterfall Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Village
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Chester Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rediviva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Sperryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Amissville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Rockingham County
- Plains Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Dilbeck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Seven Fountains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Maurertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strasburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Toms Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strasburg Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Woodstock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Willow Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Calvary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Edinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zepp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Winchester City
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Lehew
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Yellow Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardy County (WV)
- Wardensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browntown, see our County-by-County Page for Browntown.
Cemeteries Near Browntown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browntown.
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 Browntown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browntown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Ramey Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Russell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rileyville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rockland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hardscrabble Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dry Run Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- Munch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Richardson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Panorama Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Browntown had a population of 143 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Browntown, with the one closest to Browntown listed first.
- Limeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limeton is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Bentonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Compton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Compton is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rileyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rediviva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Front Royal Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Front Royal Junction is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Royal Junction
- Front Royal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Happy Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Riverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Riverton is also located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Dilbeck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Seven Fountains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Sperryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browntown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browntown.
Newspapers Published in Browntown ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browntown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browntown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browntown.
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 helpful 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 Browntown:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Loudoun County
- Madison County
- Page County
- Prince William County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Winchester City
- Hampshire 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> | 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 Browntown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Browntown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |