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 Curtis (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 Curtis. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Curtis is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Amherst, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke & Rockbridge.
Below are the counties that are near Curtis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Curtis:
- Bedford County (The home county of Curtis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Peaksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Cifax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Waugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Lowry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Goode
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Bellevue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Boonsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Abert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Joppa Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Montvale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Iron Gate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Clifton Forge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Griffith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Rich Patch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Low Moor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Selma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Pedlar Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Pleasant View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Winesap
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Allwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Madison Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forks of Buffalo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Coolwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Sweet Briar Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Sandidges
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Joshua Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Monitor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Botetourt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Rocky Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Buchanan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lithia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lithia is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithia
- Springwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Salt Petre Cave
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Petre Cave
- Salt Petre Cave has also been known as:
- Salt Peter Cave
- Saltpetre
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Salisbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Blue Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fincastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Laymantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Laymantown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laymantown
- Troutville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Amsterdam
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Amsterdam is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Bedford Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Powhatan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Lawyers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Lynch Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch Station is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Station
- Leesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Rustburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Altavista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Westlake Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Corner
- North Shore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Shore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Woodbine Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Lavino Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Lynchburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsylvania County
- Hurt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Roanoke City
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Buena Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Roanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Montgomery Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
- Vinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Greenlee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Glasgow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Natural Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Red Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Fancy Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Buffalo Forge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- East Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Kerrs Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Curtis, see our County-by-County Page for Curtis.
Cemeteries Near Curtis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Curtis.
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 Curtis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Curtis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Old Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ebenezer UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer UMC Cemetery
- The Ebenezer UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ebenezer Church Cemetery
- Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51521 <2>
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Turpin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mountain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coffee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bryant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tolley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Massie Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Norwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- North Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Virginia Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Curtis had a population of 28 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
- Sedalia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Otterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Otterville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Charlemont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Charlemont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont
- Peaksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Cifax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Waugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Big Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Munford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Munford is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munford
- Perrowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perrowville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrowville
- Major
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Major is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
- Reba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reba is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reba
- Lowry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gilmore Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gilmore Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore Mills
- Goode
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Snowden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Snowden is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Curtis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Curtis.
Newspapers Published in Curtis ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Curtis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Curtis, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Curtis.
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 helpful 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 Curtis:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Amherst County
- Bedford City
- Botetourt County
- Buena Vista City
- Campbell County
- Franklin County
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Pittsylvania County
- Roanoke City
- Roanoke County
- Rockbridge 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Curtis) 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 Curtis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |