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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Clevilas. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Clevilas to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Clevilas, please Contact Us.
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 Clevilas (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 Clevilas. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Clevilas is historic, it would have been located within present day Bedford 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 Bedford County: Amherst, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke & Rockbridge.
Below are the counties that are near Clevilas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clevilas:
- Bedford County (The home county of Clevilas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Goodview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chamblissburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Moneta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Joppa Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Radford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
- Huddleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Montvale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Villamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Villamont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villamont
- Peaksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Lowry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Goode
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Blue Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laymantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laymantown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laymantown
- Apple Tree Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Tree Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Tree Village
- Runaway Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Runaway Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runaway Village
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Troutville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lithia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Daleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Buchanan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fincastle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haymakertown
(23 miles [37 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 Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Leesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Lynch Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Altavista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bedford Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Timberlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Powhatan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Lawyers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Craig County
- Abbott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Westlake Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- North Shore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Burnt Chimney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Chimney is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney
- Felicia ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Felicia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Union Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Villa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Villa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Redwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Penhook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boones Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gogginsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Rocky Mount
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barfoot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Henry County
- Oak Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Lynchburg City
- Woodbine Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Montgomery County
- Elliston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Pittsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Museville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Museville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Hurt
(22 miles [35.4 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 <2>
- Worlds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds
- Gretna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brutus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Whittles
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Grady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Chalk Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Weal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
- Swansonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansonville
- Sheva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sheva is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheva
- Sonans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sonans is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonans
- Roanoke City
- The following are listed by their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Buena Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Garden City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Roanoke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Montgomery Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
- Vinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hollins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Hanging Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Mason Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Bent Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wabun
(25 miles [40.2 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)
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Greenlee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Natural Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Red Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Salem City
- The following are listed by their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Sunset Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sunset Village is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clevilas, see our County-by-County Page for Clevilas.
Cemeteries Near Clevilas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clevilas.
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 Clevilas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clevilas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Minter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Basham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis - Blankenship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ressurection Catholic Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jeter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Swain - Basham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kasey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (729 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oylers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
Clevilas itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 22 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clevilas, with the one closest to Clevilas listed first.
- Goodview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chamblissburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Moneta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Davis Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Robertsons ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robertsons is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsons
- Hardy Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hardy Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Ford
- Stewartsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stewartsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Scruggs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scruggs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Otter View ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Otter View is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter View
- Bunker Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wyatt ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Fancy Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Grove
- Dillons Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dillons Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillons Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clevilas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clevilas.
Newspapers Published in Clevilas ...
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 Clevilas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clevilas, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clevilas.
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 Clevilas:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford City
- Botetourt County
- Campbell County
- Craig County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Lynchburg City
- Montgomery County
- Pittsylvania County
- Roanoke City
- Roanoke County
- Rockbridge County
- Salem City
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Clevilas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Clevilas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |