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 College Park (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 College Park. 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.

Newspapers Published in College Park ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around College Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of College Park, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for College Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 College Park:

• Websites specific to Virginia
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Library of Virginia

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Virginia
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Virginia

Cemeteries Near College Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of College Park.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for College Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.

• Fairview Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
• Oak Lawn Memory Gardens
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Lawn Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Lawn Memory Gardens
• Thornrose Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Thornrose Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Staunton.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thornrose Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #231589 <3>
• Hospital Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hospital Cemetery
• Staunton National Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Staunton National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Staunton National Cemetery
• Croft Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Croft Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Croft Cemetery
• Belmont Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belmont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont Cemetery
• Cline Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cline Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cline Cemetery
• Schutterie Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schutterie Cemetery
• Hunters Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunters Cemetery
• Mt. Chapel Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Chapel Cemetery
• Allen Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
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  • Green Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Hill Cemetery
  • Mt. Marine Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Marine Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Augusta Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Augusta Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Augusta Memorial Gardens

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 College Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of College Park.

These communities are listed based on their distance from College Park, with the one closest to College Park listed first.

• Annex
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annex have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annex
  • Annex is located in Augusta County
• Verona
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
  • Verona is located in Augusta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Verona <5>
• Brand
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brand have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
  • Brand is located in Augusta County
• Snyder
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snyder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
  • Snyder is located in Augusta County
• Folly Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folly Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folly Mills
  • Folly Mills is located in Augusta County
• Laurel Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
  • Laurel Hill is located in Augusta County
• Fishersville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersville
  • Fishersville is located in Augusta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishersville <5>
• Fort Defiance
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Defiance have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Defiance
  • Fort Defiance is located in Augusta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Defiance <5>
• Churchville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Churchville is located in Augusta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Churchville <5>
• Arbor Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
  • Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
• Mint Spring
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mint Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Spring
  • Mint Spring is located in Augusta County
• Barterbrook
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barterbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barterbrook
  • Barterbrook is located in Augusta County
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  • Hermitage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermitage have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Hermitage is located in Augusta County
  • Mount Sidney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sidney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sidney
    • Mount Sidney is located in Augusta County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Sidney <5>
  • Roman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roman
    • Roman is located in Augusta County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around College Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around College Park.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for College Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/