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 Cape Carlyn (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 Cape Carlyn. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cape Carlyn is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Bedford, Floyd, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania & Roanoke.
Below are the counties that are near Cape Carlyn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cape Carlyn:
- Franklin County (The home county of Cape Carlyn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Westlake Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- North Shore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Burnt Chimney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Chimney is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney
- Union Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Villa ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Redwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Penhook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gogginsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Boones Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mount
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barfoot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Goodview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clevilas ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clevilas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevilas
- Radford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
- Moneta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chamblissburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Davis Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Joppa Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Huddleston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Montvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Villamont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Villamont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villamont
- Lowry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Peaksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Blue Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Laymantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laymantown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laymantown
- Apple Tree Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Tree Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Tree Village
- Runaway Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Runaway Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runaway Village
- Cloverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Daleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Troutville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Lithia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Fincastle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buchanan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Haymakertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Lynch Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Altavista
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bedford Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Timberlake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Powhatan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Lawyers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Craig County
- Abbott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Floyd County
- Simpsons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Oak Level
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Leatherwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Reed Creek Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Elliston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shawsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alleghany Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Alleghany Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Springs
- Patrick County
- Dodson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Museville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Museville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Pittsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Worlds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds
- Hurt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Gretna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Whittles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whittles is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittles
- Whittles has also been known as:
- Whittle's Depot
- Whittle's Station
- Brutus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Weal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Swansonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Chalk Level
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Chatham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
- Sheva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Roanoke City
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Garden City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Roanoke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Montgomery Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
- Vinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Hollins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Bent Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mason Cove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Wabun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wabun is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
- Catawba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Salem City
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Sunset Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cape Carlyn, see our County-by-County Page for Cape Carlyn.
Cemeteries Near Cape Carlyn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cape Carlyn.
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 Cape Carlyn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cape Carlyn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Altice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maxey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ferguson - Hatcher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Epworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Casey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Aylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Perdue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Newbill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (748 more) ...
- Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scruggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Board - Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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 Cape Carlyn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cape Carlyn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cape Carlyn, with the one closest to Cape Carlyn listed first.
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Clevilas ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clevilas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevilas
- Goodview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scruggs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Scruggs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Moneta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dillons Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dillons Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillons Mill
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Hardy Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardy Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Ford
- Wyatt ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Davis Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Chamblissburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Kasey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kasey is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasey
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Otter View ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Otter View is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter View
- Villa ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Union Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cape Carlyn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cape Carlyn.
Newspapers Published in Cape Carlyn ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cape Carlyn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cape Carlyn, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cape Carlyn.
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 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 Cape Carlyn:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Campbell County
- Craig County
- Floyd County
- Henry County
- Montgomery County
- Patrick County
- Pittsylvania County
- Roanoke City
- Roanoke County
- Salem City
- 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> | 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 Cape Carlyn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cape Carlyn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |