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 Cohasset (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 Cohasset. 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 and doctors 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.
Cohasset is located in Fluvanna 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 Fluvanna County: Albemarle, Buckingham, Cumberland, Goochland & Louisa.
Below are the counties that are near Cohasset. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cohasset:
- Fluvanna County (The home county of Cohasset)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Weber City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fork Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Antioch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Nicholas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Lake Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Kents Store
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Scottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stony Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Woodridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Keene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Simeon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Porters
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Keswick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shadwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
- Esmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Alberene
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Cobham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Lodore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Paineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Rodophil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- New Canton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Arvonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Centenary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Gravel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Axtell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Dillwyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Buckingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vinco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Manteo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Alcoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Belmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Lakeside Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Trenton Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Trents Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Guinea Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cotton Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Caledonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Fife
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tabscott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Enon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Hadensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Goochland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maidens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Thorncliff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Oilville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hanover County
- Vontay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Bells Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Medlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Vigor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Shelfar
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shelfar is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
- Trevilians
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Green Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Louisa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gays ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Meltons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Cuckoo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Willowbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Pendleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jackson is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Schuyler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Warminster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Faber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rockfish
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Adial
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Norwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Shipman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Old Myndus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Gordonsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Barboursville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Madison Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Beaumont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Michaux
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Belona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cohasset, see our County-by-County Page for Cohasset.
Cemeteries Near Cohasset ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cohasset.
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 Cohasset - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cohasset covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Bowler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Proffitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bettie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Fork Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- George Nicholas Tapscott Family Cemetery
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Scottsville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Gold Hill.
- The Buckingham Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- County Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2197478 <2>
- Harrison Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Cohasset in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cohasset.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cohasset, with the one closest to Cohasset listed first.
- Fork Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bremo Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bremo Bluff is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremo Bluff
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- New Canton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Carysbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carysbrook is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysbrook
- Hardware
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hardware is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardware
- Arvonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boswell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boswell
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gilliamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilliamsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliamsville
- Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmington is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cremona ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cremona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cremona
- Stage Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stage Junction is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Junction
- Antioch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cohasset. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cohasset.
Newspapers Published in Cohasset ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cohasset.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cohasset, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cohasset.
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 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 Cohasset:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Fluvanna County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Goochland County
- Hanover County
- Louisa County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Powhatan 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> | 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 Cohasset, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cohasset) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |