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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 Buckner (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 Buckner. 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 and doctors 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.

Buckner is located in Louisa 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 Louisa County: Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Orange & Spotsylvania.

Below are the counties that are near Buckner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buckner:

  • Louisa County     (The home county of Buckner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Bumpass
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Bumpass is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass
      • Bumpass has also been known as:
      • Bumpas
      • Bumpass Junction
      • Bumpass Station
      • Bumpass Turnout
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bumpass <1>
    • Harris ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Harris is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Jackson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jackson is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Cuckoo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
    • Mineral
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pendleton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Pendleton is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
    • Gays ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Gays is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
    • Willowbrook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
    • Shelfar
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shelfar is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
    • Vigor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Vigor is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
    • Louisa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bells Crossroads
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
  • Albemarle County
    • Cobham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Cobham is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
  • Caroline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Ruther Glen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Burruss Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Burruss Corner is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burruss Corner
    • Penola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Penola is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penola
    • Bowling Green
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • DeJarnette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • DeJarnette is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeJarnette
    • New London
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • New London is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
    • Stuart Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stuart Corner is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Corner
    • Sparta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sparta is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Olney Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Olney Corner is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney Corner
  • Cumberland County
    • Lakeside Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
  • Fluvanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Kents Store
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
    • Columbia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fork Union
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Monticello
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
  • Fredericksburg City
    • Fredericksburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Goochland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Hadensville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Hook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
    • Oilville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Tabscott
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Tabscott is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
    • Enon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Enon is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
    • Goochland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Caledonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Caledonia is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Maidens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Thorncliff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
    • Fife
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hanover County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Tylers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Tylers is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
    • Beaverdam
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Montpelier
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hewlett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hewlett is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett
    • Vontay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Vontay is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
    • Goodall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Goodall is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodall
    • Verdon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Verdon is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
    • Casco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Casco is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
    • Rockville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Doswell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hylas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Hylas is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylas
    • Taylorsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Taylorsville is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
  • Henrico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Wyndham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wyndham is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyndham
    • Short Pump
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hunton is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunton
    • Tuckahoe Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Tuckahoe Village is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Village
    • Glen Allen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Quail Walk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Quail Walk is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Walk
    • Laurel Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Laurel Village is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Village
    • Laurel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Laurel is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Longdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Longdale is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
    • Lorraine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lorraine is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
    • Tuckahoe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chamberlayne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Chamberlayne is located in Henrico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlayne
  • King William County
    • Tuck Fork
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Tuck Fork is located in King William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck Fork
  • Madison County
    • Madison Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Madison Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Danton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Danton is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
    • Vulcan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Vulcan is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
    • Locust Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Rhoadesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Grassland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Grassland is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
    • Wilderness
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wilderness is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
    • Gordonsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Madison Run
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Madison Run is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
    • Burr Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Burr Hill is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
    • Orange
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Indian Town is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
    • Montpelier Station
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Powhatan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Beaumont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Michaux
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Michaux is located in Powhatan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
    • Huguenot
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguenot
  • Spotsylvania County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Lewiston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Glenora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
    • Partlow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Childs Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
    • Holladay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
    • Margo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo
    • Marye
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Marye is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marye
    • Belmont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • McHenry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
    • Post Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
    • Snell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Arcadia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Arcadia is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Stafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckner, with the one closest to Buckner listed first.
    • Chatham Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatham Village is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Village
    • Falmouth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hampstead Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hampstead Village is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead Village
    • Berea
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Berea is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Grafton Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Grafton Village is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton Village
    • Little Falls Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Little Falls Village is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Village
    • Stafford Lakes Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Buckner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckner.

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

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

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

  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Riverside Community Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Community Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Community Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Beaverdam.
    • The Riverside Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Riverside Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2233062 <3>
  • Spring Grove Memorial Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Shelton Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rehoboth Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Wallers Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • County Line Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Goodhope Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • The Church of Our Saviour Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cooke Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (167 more) ...
    • Branch Fork Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Mt. Hermon Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hebron Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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.<4>

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

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

  • Bumpass
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bumpass is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass
    • Bumpass has also been known as:
    • Bumpas
    • Bumpass Junction
    • Bumpass Station
    • Bumpass Turnout
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bumpass <1>
  • Longcreek ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Longcreek is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longcreek
  • Tylers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Tylers is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
  • Harris ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harris is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Jackson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jackson is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Locust Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Locust Creek is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Creek
  • Beaverdam
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cuckoo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
  • Lewiston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
  • Mineral
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pendleton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pendleton is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
  • Apple Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Apple Grove is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mabelton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Mabelton is located in Hanover County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabelton
    • Glenora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
    • Partlow
      (9 miles [14.5 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 Buckner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buckner.

Newspapers Published in Buckner ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buckner, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buckner.

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 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 Buckner:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buckner) 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 Buckner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.