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 Chapel Hills (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 Chapel Hills. 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 and hospitals 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.
Chapel Hills is located in 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 Chapel Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chapel Hills:
- Albemarle County (The home county of Chapel Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Rio
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Commonwealth
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Commonwealth is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Monacan Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
- Huntington Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntington Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Village
- Barracks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Barracks is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barracks
- Eastham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Hollymead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Logan Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Ednam Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ednam Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ednam Village
- University Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- University Heights is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Jefferson Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Simeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Shadwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Dooms
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Crimora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sampson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Grottoes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lyndhurst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fishersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sherando
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lipscomb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Weyers Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Stuarts Draft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Centenary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Bridgeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Axtell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- New Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Arvonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glenmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Manteo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Locust Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Charlottesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Belmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Culpeper County
- Waylands Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Lake Monticello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Antioch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Nicholas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Kents Store
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Fork Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weber City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Caledonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Tabscott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Hadensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Amicus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Quinque
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Stanardsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dawsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Kinderhook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Medlock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Meltons
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Green Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Trevilians
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Bells Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Louisa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vigor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Hood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wolftown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aroda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Burnt Tree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Madison Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Ruth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Madison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Syria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Durrett Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Afton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Onan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Faber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Schuyler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adial
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Lodebar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Rockfish
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Nellysford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Old Myndus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Warminster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Shipman
(30 miles [48.3 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 Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Barboursville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gordonsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Montpelier Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Orange
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grassland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Verbena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Shenandoah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Swift Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Berrytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Elkton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McGaheysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Goods Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Massanutten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Keys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keezletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chapel Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Chapel Hills.
Cemeteries Near Chapel Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chapel Hills.
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 Chapel Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chapel Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Griffin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Munday Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- University Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chapman Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hildebrand Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Monticello Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Riverview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ivy Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Tomb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Chapel Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chapel Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chapel Hills, with the one closest to Chapel Hills listed first.
- Rio
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Hydraulic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
- Eastham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Proffit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Proffit is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
- Rivanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rivanna is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivanna
- Simeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Earlysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ivy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Overton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Overton is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Keswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Free Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Advance Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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
- Millington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millington is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Campbell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Campbell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chapel Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chapel Hills.
Newspapers Published in Chapel Hills ...
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 Chapel Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chapel Hills, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chapel Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Chapel Hills:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Albemarle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Augusta County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Louisa County
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Rockingham County
- Waynesboro 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> | 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 Chapel Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chapel Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |