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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Comptons Bridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Comptons Bridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Comptons Bridge, please Contact Us.

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 Comptons Bridge (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 Comptons Bridge. 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.

Name Variations for Comptons Bridge ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Comptons Bridge: Comptons Brg. (or less commonly used: Comptons Brdg. or Comptons Brdge.)
  • While the name of this community is Comptons Bridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Comptons Bridge may originally have been Compton's Bridge.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Comptons Bridge might be written as Compton Bridge.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Comptons Bridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Botetourt County.

To see how the shape of Virginia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Botetourt County: Alleghany, Bedford, Craig, Roanoke & Rockbridge.

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

  • Botetourt County     (The home county of Comptons Bridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Salisbury
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
    • Salt Petre Cave
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salt Petre Cave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
      • Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
      • Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
      • Salt Peter Cave
      • Saltpetre
    • Springwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
      • Springwood is located in Botetourt County
    • Gala
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
      • Gala is located in Botetourt County
    • Buchanan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lithia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lithia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
      • Lithia is located in Botetourt County
    • Fincastle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
    • Haden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
      • Haden is located in Botetourt County
    • Strom
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strom have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
      • Strom is located in Botetourt County
    • Glen Wilton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
      • Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
    • Troutville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Alleghany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Rich Patch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
      • Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
    • Iron Gate
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
      • Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Low Moor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifton Forge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Selma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selma have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Selma is located in Alleghany County
    • Griffith
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griffith have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
      • Griffith is located in Alleghany County
    • Moss Run
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
      • Moss Run is located in Alleghany County
  • Amherst County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Pedlar Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pedlar Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
      • Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
    • Pleasant View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
      • Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
    • Allwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
      • Allwood is located in Amherst County
    • Forks of Buffalo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
      • Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
  • Bath County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Carloover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
      • Carloover is located in Bath County
    • Healing Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
      • Healing Springs is located in Bath County
    • Greenwood ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • Greenwood is located in Bath County
    • Millboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Mitchelltown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
      • Mitchelltown is located in Bath County
  • Bedford City
    • Bedford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bedford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Villamont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villamont
      • Villamont is located in Bedford County
    • Montvale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Chamblissburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamblissburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
      • Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
    • Cifax
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cifax have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
      • Cifax is located in Bedford County
    • Joppa Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
      • Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
    • Lowry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
      • Lowry is located in Bedford County
    • Coleman Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
      • Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
    • Goode
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Boonsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
      • Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
    • Davis Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
      • Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
    • Moneta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Abert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abert have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
      • Abert is located in Bedford County
  • Buena Vista City
    • Buena Vista
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Buena Vista is located in Buena Vista City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,402 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <4>
  • Covington City
    • Covington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
      • Covington is located in Covington City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,639 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <4>
  • Craig County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • New Castle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Abbott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
      • Abbott is located in Craig County
  • Lexington City
    • Lexington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Roanoke City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Buena Vista
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
    • Roanoke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Garden City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Roanoke City
  • Roanoke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Hollins
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollins have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
      • Hollins is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollins <4>
    • Vinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Mason Cove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
      • Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
    • Montgomery Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
      • Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
    • Hanging Rock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
      • Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
    • Cave Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
      • Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
    • Wabun
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
      • Wabun is located in Roanoke County
  • Rockbridge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Red Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
      • Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
    • Fancy Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fancy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
      • Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
    • Glasgow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo Forge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
      • Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
    • East Lexington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
      • East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
    • Riverside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
    • Goshen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Salem City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Comptons Bridge, with the one closest to Comptons Bridge listed first.
    • Sunset Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
      • Sunset Village is located in Salem City
    • Salem
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem is located in Salem City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Greenbrier County (WV)
    • Tuckahoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
      • Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County (WV)

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

Newspapers Published in Comptons Bridge ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Comptons Bridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Comptons Bridge, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Comptons Bridge.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Comptons Bridge:

Cemeteries Near Comptons Bridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Comptons Bridge.

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 Comptons Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Rudisill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rudisill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rudisill Cemetery
  • Wesley Chapel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery
  • Piney Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Piney Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piney Grove Cemetery
  • Mays Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mays Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mays Cemetery
  • Houseman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Houseman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Houseman Cemetery
  • Copps Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Copps Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Copps Cemetery is located in Springwood.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Copps Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960145 <7>
  • Shafer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shafer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shafer Cemetery
  • Linkenhoker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Linkenhoker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Linkenhoker Cemetery
  • Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Peck Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peck Cemetery
  • Ponton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ponton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ponton Cemetery
  • Continue List   (246 more) ...
    • Godwin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Godwin Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Slicer Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Godwin Cemetery
    • Robinson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
    • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery

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.

While we didn't find Comptons Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Comptons Bridge.

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

  • Salisbury
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
    • Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
  • Salt Petre Cave
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salt Petre Cave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
    • Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
    • Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
    • Salt Peter Cave
    • Saltpetre
  • Springwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
    • Springwood is located in Botetourt County
  • Eagle Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
    • Eagle Rock is located in Botetourt County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Rock <4>
  • Bessemer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bessemer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
    • Bessemer is located in Botetourt County
  • Botetourt ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Botetourt have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
    • Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
  • Gala
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
    • Gala is located in Botetourt County
  • Buchanan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fincastle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lithia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lithia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
    • Lithia is located in Botetourt County
  • Dillon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dillon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
    • Dillon is located in Botetourt County
  • Haden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
    • Haden is located in Botetourt County
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    • Arcadia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
      • Arcadia is located in Botetourt County
    • Rocky Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
    • Alpine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
      • Alpine is located in Botetourt County

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

The official website for Botetourt County: www.co.botetourt.va.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Comptons Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Comptons Bridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Comptons Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5968, Longitude: -79.7759       In this case, the coordinates for Comptons Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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.




 

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