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 Coffee (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 Coffee. 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.
Coffee is located in 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 Coffee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coffee:
- Bedford County (The home county of Coffee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Boonsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Coleman Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Abert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Cifax
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Waugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Goode
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Peaksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Joppa Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Huddleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Pedlar Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Winesap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Madison Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Joshua Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Coolwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Allwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Sweet Briar Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Forks of Buffalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Amherst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sandidges
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Walkers Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Beckham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Spout Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Spring Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Appomattox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Chap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Evergreen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Rocky Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Buchanan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lithia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Springwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Salt Petre Cave
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
- Blue Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Salisbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Laymantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Laymantown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laymantown
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Powhatan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Bedford Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Timberlake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Lawyers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Rustburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lynch Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Mount Zion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Altavista
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Gladys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- North Shore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Westlake Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Woodbine Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lavino Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Lynchburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Gladstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Arrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colleen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Massies Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Jonesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Pittsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Hurt
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Brutus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Glasgow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Buffalo Forge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Natural Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Red Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- East Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Marlbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coffee, see our County-by-County Page for Coffee.
Cemeteries Near Coffee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coffee.
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 Coffee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coffee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grange Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Massie Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coffee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terrace View Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ivy Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Whitten - Hogan Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leftwich Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Coffee had a population of 32 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coffee, with the one closest to Coffee listed first.
- Perrowville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Perrowville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrowville
- Boonsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coleman Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Cifax
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Abert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Pearch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pearch is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearch
- Charlemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Charlemont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont
- Goode
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Waugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Big Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Salt Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Creek is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Lowry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Bedford Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coffee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coffee.
Newspapers Published in Coffee ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coffee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coffee, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coffee.
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 Coffee:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Bedford City
- Botetourt County
- Buena Vista City
- Campbell County
- Franklin County
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Pittsylvania County
- Rockbridge County
- 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> | 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- Coffee) 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 Coffee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |