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 Compton (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 Compton. 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.
Compton 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 Compton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Compton:
- Page County (The home county of Compton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Rileyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kimball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Luray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leaksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Marksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- White Post
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Berrys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berrys is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- Millwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Eggbornsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Homeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Griffinsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Norman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Rixeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Jeffersonton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Culpeper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Petersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Orlean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Markham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ada is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Delaplane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Kerfoot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kerfoot is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerfoot
- Marshall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Turnbull
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Belvoir ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Belvoir is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvoir
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Middletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tulip
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Stephens City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Armel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Armel is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armel
- Fawcett Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Echo Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Echo Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
- Day - Mar Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Lehew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Chambersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Rock Enon Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Rosenberger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Greene County
- Kinderhook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Peola Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Syria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tryme
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Ruth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wolftown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Rediviva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Sperryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Slate Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Amissville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Plains Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Timberville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Broadway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Daphna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Lacey Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Cootes Store
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Tunis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Turleytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Elkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Melrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Fulks Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Seven Fountains
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Dilbeck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Willow Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Toms Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Calvary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Maurertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Strasburg Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Strasburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Columbia Furnace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Overall
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Viscose City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Waterlick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Front Royal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Riverton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Applewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Cedarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Happy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Reliance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Ashby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashby is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Winchester City
- Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Yellow Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lehew
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Wardensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Baker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Lost City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mathias
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Compton, see our County-by-County Page for Compton.
Cemeteries Near Compton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Compton.
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 Compton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Compton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Rileyville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dry Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Munch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beahm's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beahm's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Luray.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49373 <2>
- Furnace Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Old County Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Ramey Graveyard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Valley Pike Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Compton had a population of 36 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Compton, with the one closest to Compton listed first.
- Rileyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bentonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carmel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carmel is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Seven Fountains
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Kimball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Browntown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Browntown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Limeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Dilbeck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Luray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Stony Man
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Toms Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sperryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Compton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Compton.
Newspapers Published in Compton ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Compton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Compton, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Compton.
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 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 Compton:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Page County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Greene County
- Madison County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Compton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Compton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |