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 Coffmantown (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 Coffmantown. 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.
Coffmantown is located in Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County: Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Warren & Hardy (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Coffmantown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coffmantown:
- Shenandoah County (The home county of Coffmantown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Calvary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Columbia Furnace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Maurertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jerome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Toms Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Zepp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Mount Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rinkerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- White Post
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Fauquier County
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Mountain Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Middletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Lehew
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Fawcett Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Stephens City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Enon Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Rosenberger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Day - Mar Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Echo Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Echo Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
- Armel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Armel is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armel
- Chambersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Madison County
- Peola Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Rileyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Luray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leaksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Marksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Verbena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Chester Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Rediviva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Sperryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Plains Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Tunis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Timberville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Broadway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cootes Store
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Fulks Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Mayland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Turleytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Criders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Daphna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Lacey Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Cherry Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Overall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Limeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Waterlick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Reliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Royal Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Viscose City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Front Royal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Riverton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Cedarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Applewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Ashby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ashby is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Winchester City
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Dorcas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seemly is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Arthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Yellow Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lehew
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Sedan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Capon Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Wardensville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Baker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Lost City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mathias
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Inkerman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Fort Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Moorefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Durgon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coffmantown, see our County-by-County Page for Coffmantown.
Cemeteries Near Coffmantown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coffmantown.
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 Coffmantown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coffmantown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wakemans Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Forge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunset View Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heltsley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heltsley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Heltsley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Columbia Furnace.
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Massanutten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Valley Pike Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Coffmantown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coffmantown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coffmantown, with the one closest to Coffmantown listed first.
- Saint Luke
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saint Luke is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Luke
- Columbia Furnace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Calvary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Alonzaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alonzaville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzaville
- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saumsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saumsville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saumsville
- Hamburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Van Buren Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Van Buren Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Furnace
- Rockland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Jerome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
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- Maurertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perry is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coffmantown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coffmantown.
Newspapers Published in Coffmantown ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coffmantown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coffmantown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coffmantown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Coffmantown:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Shenandoah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Madison County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Hardy 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coffmantown) 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 Coffmantown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |