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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 Burtonville (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 Burtonville. 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 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.

Burtonville is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albemarle, Madison, Orange, Page & Rockingham.

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

  • Greene County     (The home county of Burtonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Dawsonville
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
    • Quinque
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Quinque is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
    • Stanardsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Kinderhook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kinderhook is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
    • Amicus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Advance Mills Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
    • Burnley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Burnley is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
    • Advance Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
      • Advance Mills has also been known as:
      • Fray's Mills
    • Gilbert
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Jefferson Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
    • Rosena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Rosena is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena
    • Earlysville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollymead
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
    • Cedarmere
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Boonesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
    • Eastham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Eastham is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
    • Free Union
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Grottoes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Sampson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Crimora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Dooms
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Dooms is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
    • Weyers Cave
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Charlottesville City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Locust Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Belmont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Charlottesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Culpeper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Waylands Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
    • Griffinsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
    • Norman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Norman is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Salem
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Salem is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Culpeper
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Eggbornsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
    • Homeland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Homeland is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
    • Lignum
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lignum is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
    • Rixeyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
  • Fluvanna County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Lake Monticello
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
    • Antioch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Kents Store
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
  • Harrisonburg City
    • Harrisonburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Louisa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Meltons
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Meltons is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
    • Green Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Springs is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
    • Medlock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Medlock is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
    • Trevilians
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Trevilians is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
    • Bells Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
    • Louisa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Vigor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Vigor is located in Louisa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Hood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Wolftown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Aroda
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Aroda is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
    • Radiant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Radiant is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
    • Ruth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Ruth is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnt Tree
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
    • Madison Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Madison Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
    • Syria
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Tryme
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Tryme is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
    • Peola Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Peola Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Barboursville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Montpelier Station
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Gordonsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Madison Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Madison Run is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
    • Orange
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Grassland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Grassland is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
    • Rhoadesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • True Blue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • True Blue is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
    • Vulcan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Vulcan is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
    • Danton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Danton is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
    • Burr Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Burr Hill is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
    • Locust Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Page County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Verbena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
    • Shenandoah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Marksville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Marksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
    • Stanley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Leaksville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Leaksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
    • Luray
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Kimball
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Kimball is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
  • Rappahannock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Slate Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
    • Scrabble
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
    • Woodville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Sperryville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Rediviva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Swift Run
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
    • Elkton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
    • Berrytown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
    • McGaheysville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Massanutten
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Montevideo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
    • Goods Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
    • Keezletown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Cross Keys
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Massanetta Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
    • Lacey Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
    • Melrose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Melrose is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Spotsylvania County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burtonville, with the one closest to Burtonville listed first.
    • Belmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Childs Cove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
    • Holladay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
    • Paytes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes

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

Cemeteries Near Burtonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burtonville.

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

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

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

  • Westover UMC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover UMC Cemetery
    • The Westover UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Westover Cemetery
  • Ruckersville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Dundee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Wetsel Family Graveyard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Benjamin Sims Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Eheart Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Nebo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Elk Run Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Shiflett Graveyard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Redmond Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Tibbs Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (328 more) ...
    • Rose Park United Methodist Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Eddins Graveyard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor Graveyard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Dawsonville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
  • Ruckersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Quinque
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Quinque is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
  • Eheart
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Eheart is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eheart
  • Rochelle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Wolftown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Stanardsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pratts
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Advance Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
    • Advance Mills has also been known as:
    • Fray's Mills
  • Burnley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Burnley is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
  • Barboursville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Liberty Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Liberty Mills is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
    • McMullen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • McMullen is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
    • Amicus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus

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

Newspapers Published in Burtonville ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burtonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burtonville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burtonville.

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 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 Burtonville:

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>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 Burtonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burtonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.