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 Daggers Springs (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 Daggers Springs. 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 Daggers Springs ...
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 Daggers Springs: Daggers Spgs. (or less commonly used: Daggers Spngs. or Daggers Sprngs.)
- While the name of this community is Daggers Springs, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Daggers Springs may originally have been Dagger's Springs.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Daggers Springs might be written as Dagger Springs.
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 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.
Daggers Springs is located in Botetourt 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 Botetourt County: Alleghany, Bedford, Craig, Roanoke & Rockbridge.
Below are the counties that are near Daggers Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Daggers Springs:
- Botetourt County (The home county of Daggers Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Gala
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Haden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Glen Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Salisbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salt Petre Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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
- Strom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Springwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Rocky Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Point is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Buchanan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Botetourt ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Botetourt is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botetourt
- Oriskany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fincastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Iron Gate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Clifton Forge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Low Moor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Rich Patch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rich Patch is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Patch
- Griffith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Griffith is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Moss Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moss Run is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Pleasant View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Allwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Alto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Forks of Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Pedlar Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Carloover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carloover is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carloover
- Healing Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Healing Springs is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Millboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Mitchelltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mitchelltown is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Warm Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bath Alum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bath Alum is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Alum
- Cowardin ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cowardin is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowardin
- Yost
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yost is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Mountain Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Bedford City
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Montvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Villamont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Villamont is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villamont
- Peaksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peaksville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Waugh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Coonsville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coonsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coonsville
- Cifax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Coleman Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Chamblissburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chamblissburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamblissburg
- Lowry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Joppa Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Joppa Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Mill
- Goode
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Covington City
- Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- New Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abbott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abbott is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Roanoke City
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Roanoke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roanoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Hollins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mason Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mason Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cove
- Vinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Catawba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montgomery Village is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
- Hanging Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Moomaw ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moomaw is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moomaw
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Longwood ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Longwood is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Red Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Red Mills is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Natural Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fancy Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fancy Hill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Hill
- Greenlee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenlee is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Buffalo Forge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Glasgow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kerrs Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- East Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Salem City
- Sunset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Neola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Neola is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Wild Meadow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wild Meadow is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Meadow
- Tuckahoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- White Sulphur Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Daggers Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Daggers Springs.
Cemeteries Near Daggers Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Daggers Springs.
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 Daggers Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Daggers Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rudisill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mays Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deacons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pullen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rapps Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deisher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Houseman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- Mountain View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Copps Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Daggers Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Daggers Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Daggers Springs, with the one closest to Daggers Springs listed first.
- Gala
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gala is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gala
- Bessemer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bessemer is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Eagle Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haden is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden
- Salisbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salisbury is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salt Petre Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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
- Glen Wilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Wilton is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wilton
- Iron Gate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Rapps Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rapps Mill is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapps Mill
- Strom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Strom is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Springwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Springwood is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Clifton Forge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Oakdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Selma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selma is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Low Moor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Daggers Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Daggers Springs.
Newspapers Published in Daggers Springs ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Daggers Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Daggers Springs, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Daggers Springs.
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 Daggers Springs:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Botetourt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Amherst County
- Bath County
- Bedford City
- Bedford County
- Buena Vista City
- Covington City
- Craig County
- Lexington City
- Roanoke City
- Roanoke County
- Rockbridge County
- Salem City
- Greenbrier County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Daggers Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Daggers Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |