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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Craigs Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Craigs Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Craigs Creek, 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 Craigs Creek (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 Craigs Creek. 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 Craigs Creek ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Craigs Creek: Craigs Crk. (or less commonly used: Craigs Ck. or Craigs Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Craigs Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Craigs Creek may originally have been Craig's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Craigs Creek might be written as Craig Creek.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Craigs Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Craig 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 Craig County: Alleghany, Botetourt, Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke & Monroe (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Craigs Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Craigs Creek:
- Craig County (The home county of Craigs Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- New Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abbott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Simmonsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Huffman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huffman is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Captain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Captain is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Rich Patch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Moss Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Low Moor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Selma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Clifton Forge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Gate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Griffith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Carloover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Carloover is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Healing Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Villamont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Villamont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villamont
- Montvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Chamblissburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Peaksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Goodview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clevilas ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clevilas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevilas
- Joppa Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Oriskany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haymakertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Fincastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amsterdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Strom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Daleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troutville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Salisbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Gala
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Apple Tree Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Tree Village is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Tree Village
- Cloverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Covington City
- Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- Boones Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Giles County
- Kire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kire is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kire
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Elliston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Mount Tabor Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
- Shawsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roanoke City
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Roanoke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Garden City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Mason Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Catawba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Hanging Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Hollins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Montgomery Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
- Wabun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wabun is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
- Cave Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Bent Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Red Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Natural Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Greenlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Fancy Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Salem City
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Greenbrier County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Tuckahoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- White Sulphur Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wild Meadow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wild Meadow is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Meadow
- Caldwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brink ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brink is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Fairlea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ronceverte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Neola is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Anthony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anthony is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Monroe County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Hollywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Hillsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Craigs Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Craigs Creek.
Cemeteries Near Craigs Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Craigs Creek.
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 Craigs Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Craigs Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- Hebron UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebron UMC Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the northeast of New Castle.
- McCartney Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McKalester Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haymakertown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- King Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the King Memorial Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the northeast of Oriskany.
- The King Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- King Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50886 <5>
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leffel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Godwin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godwin Cemetery
- The Godwin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Slicer Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Paxton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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.
Craigs Creek itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Craigs Creek, with the one closest to Craigs Creek listed first.
- New Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Looney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Looney is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney
- Abbott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Amsterdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Potts Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Potts Creek is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Creek
- Daleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troutville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Gunn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gunn is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
- Catawba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nace is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nace
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Bessemer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bessemer is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Salisbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Craigs Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Craigs Creek.
Newspapers Published in Craigs Creek ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Craigs Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Craigs Creek, 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 Craigs Creek.
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 Craigs Creek:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Craig County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Bath County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Botetourt County
- Covington City
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Montgomery County
- Roanoke City
- Roanoke County
- Rockbridge County
- Salem City
- Greenbrier County
- Monroe County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Craigs Creek, 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Craigs Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |