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 Detrick (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 Detrick. 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 hospitals and 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.
Detrick is located in Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County: Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Warren & Hardy (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Detrick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Detrick:
- Shenandoah County (The home county of Detrick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Seven Fountains
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Dilbeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maurertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Toms Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Calvary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Edinburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Strasburg Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Strasburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Columbia Furnace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- White Post
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Boyce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berrys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berrys is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- Frogtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Eggbornsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Homeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Griffinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Norman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Rixeyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rixeyville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixeyville
- Jeffersonton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
- Fauquier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Petersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Markham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Orlean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ada is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Delaplane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kerfoot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kerfoot is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerfoot
- Marshall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Fauquier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Frederick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Middletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Mountain Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Stephens City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fawcett Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Armel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Armel is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armel
- Echo Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Echo Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
- Day - Mar Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Lehew
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Chambersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Rock Enon Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Rosenberger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Peola Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Syria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tryme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Rileyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kimball
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Luray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leaksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Marksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verbena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Chester Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chester Gap is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Gap
- Reager
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Reager is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reager
- Rediviva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Sperryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Scrabble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Amissville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Plains Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Timberville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Broadway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mayland is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayland
- Tunis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Cootes Store
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Daphna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Daphna is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daphna
- Lacey Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Turleytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turleytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turleytown
- Fulks Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Cherry Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Overall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Bentonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Limeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Waterlick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Royal Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Viscose City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
- Front Royal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Reliance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Cedarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Happy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Happy Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Creek
- Applewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Applewood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewood
- Winchester City
- Winchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Yellow Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lehew
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Sedan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Hardy County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Wardensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Baker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Lost City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mathias
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Inkerman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Detrick, see our County-by-County Page for Detrick.
Cemeteries Near Detrick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Detrick.
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 Detrick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Detrick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Munch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dry Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rileyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Valley Pike Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Massanutten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunset View Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Patmos Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedarwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Furnace Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Keller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Detrick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Detrick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Detrick, with the one closest to Detrick listed first.
- Carmel
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carmel is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Seven Fountains
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Seven Fountains is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fountains
- Compton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Compton is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Dilbeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dilbeck is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilbeck
- Rileyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bentonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maurertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Toms Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrisville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Limeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limeton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Saumsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saumsville is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saumsville
- Calvary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Edinburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Detrick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Detrick.
Newspapers Published in Detrick ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Detrick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Detrick, 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 Detrick.
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 websites either 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 Detrick:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Shenandoah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Culpeper County
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Madison County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Warren County
- Winchester City
- Hampshire County
- Hardy 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 Detrick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Detrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |