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 Delhart (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 Delhart. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Delhart is located in Grayson 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 Grayson County: Alleghany (NC), Ashe (NC), Surry (NC), Johnson (TN), Carroll, Smyth, Washington & Wythe.
Below are the counties that are near Delhart. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delhart:
- Grayson County (The home county of Delhart)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Baywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Low Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Fries
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elk Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Flat Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Rugby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Trout Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Pipers Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Drenn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Lambsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Cana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fancy Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sheep Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Hillsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
- Gladesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sylvatus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Galax City
- Galax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Ararat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Smyth County
- Sugar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Ivanhoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Austinville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Speedwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rowe Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Siloam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Siloam is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Crockett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Chiswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Chiswell is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chiswell
- Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Wytheville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Rural Retreat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Max Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Ennice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edmonds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Hooker
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
- Roaring Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Amelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Piney Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Topia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Laurel Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scottville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Transou
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Transou is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Weavers Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Grassy Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Crumpler
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wagoner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Glendale Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orion is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Helton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Sturgills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Obids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Obids is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obids
- Brandon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Lansing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Devotion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Devotion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Round Peak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Thurmond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Red Brush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Zephyr
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- State Road
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dobson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toast
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Mulberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Mount Airy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Wilkes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Traphill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Abshers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Lomax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Dehart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- McGrady
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Pleasant Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hays
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ronda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roaring River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Yadkin County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jonesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Swan Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Boonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delhart, see our County-by-County Page for Delhart.
Cemeteries Near Delhart ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delhart.
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 Delhart - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delhart covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Crab Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Savannah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Higgins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nuckolls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saddle Mtn. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fishers Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Creek Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (671 more) ...
- Coal Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dean Cox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Delhart in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Delhart.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delhart, with the one closest to Delhart listed first.
- Ennice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edmonds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Peach Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Bottom
- Edwards Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Hooker
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Low Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carsonville is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
- Cherry Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cherry Lane is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Pipers Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Wolf Glade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Glade is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Glade
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Devotion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Devotion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Ladonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ladonia is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Stevens Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stevens Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delhart. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delhart.
Newspapers Published in Delhart ...
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 Delhart.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delhart, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delhart.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Delhart:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Grayson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Patrick County
- Smyth County
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Surry County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin 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> | 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 Delhart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Delhart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |