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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 Comertown (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 Comertown. 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 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.

Comertown is located in Page 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 Page County: Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah & Warren.

Below are the counties that are near Comertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Comertown:

  • Page County     (The home county of Comertown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Shenandoah
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Verbena
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Verbena is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
    • Marksville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Marksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
    • Stanley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Leaksville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Leaksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
    • Luray
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kimball
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kimball is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Rileyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Albemarle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Cedarmere
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Boonesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
    • Advance Mills Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
    • Advance Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
      • Advance Mills has also been known as:
      • Fray's Mills
    • Free Union
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Mountfair
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
    • Earlysville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • White Hall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • White Hall is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Burnley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnley is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
    • Gilbert
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Decca ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Decca is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decca
    • Hollymead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
    • Jefferson Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
  • Augusta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Grottoes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Weyers Cave
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sampson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sampson is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Crimora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Solon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Dooms
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dooms is located in Augusta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
    • Verona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Culpeper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Griffinsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
    • Salem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Salem is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Waylands Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
    • Norman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Norman is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Eggbornsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
    • Homeland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Homeland is located in Culpeper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Kinderhook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Kinderhook is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
    • Stanardsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Amicus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Amicus is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
    • Cedarmere ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cedarmere is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
    • Quinque
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Quinque is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
    • Dawsonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
  • Harrisonburg City
    • Harrisonburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Syria
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ruth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ruth is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
    • Wolftown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Peola Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Peola Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
    • Madison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Tryme
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tryme is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
    • Aroda
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Aroda is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
    • Radiant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Radiant is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
    • Burnt Tree
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
    • Madison Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Madison Mills is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Barboursville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Montpelier Station
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rappahannock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Slate Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
    • Sperryville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Scrabble
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
    • Woodville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Rediviva
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
    • Washington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Elkton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
    • Swift Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
    • Berrytown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
    • Massanutten
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lacey Spring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
    • Mayland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mayland is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
    • McGaheysville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Melrose is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Daphna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Daphna is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
    • Plains Mill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
    • Broadway
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Keezletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Linville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Linville is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
  • Shenandoah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • New Market
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Jackson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rinkerton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
    • Mount Clifton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
    • Edinburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Basye - Bryce Mountain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Orkney Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Calvary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
    • Columbia Furnace
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
    • Jerome
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Woodstock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Seven Fountains
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comertown, with the one closest to Comertown listed first.
    • Overall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Overall is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
    • Bentonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Limeton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Limeton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
  • Hardy County (WV)
    • Mathias
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Comertown, see our County-by-County Page for Comertown.

Cemeteries Near Comertown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Comertown.

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 Comertown - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Comer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Koontz Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Cemetery
    • The Koontz Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Koontz Community Cemetery
  • Koontz Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Grove Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rinaca Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Blose Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • McCoy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bear Lithia Spring Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mowbray Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (390 more) ...

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

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

  • Shenandoah
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Verbena
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Verbena is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
  • Grove Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove Hill is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Ingham
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ingham is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
  • Furnace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Furnace is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
  • Jollett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jollett is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
  • Honeyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Honeyville is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
  • Elkton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <1>
  • Alma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Alma is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
  • Marksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Marksville is located in Page County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
  • Stanley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Oakwood is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Swift Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
    • Leaksville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Leaksville is located in Page County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
    • Tenth Legion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tenth Legion is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenth Legion

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

Newspapers Published in Comertown ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Comertown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Comertown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Comertown.

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 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 Comertown:

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 Comertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Comertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.