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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 Dickensons Store (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 Dickensons Store. 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 Dickensons Store ...
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.
While the name of this community is Dickensons Store, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Dickensons Store may originally have been Dickenson's Store.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dickensons Store might be written as Dickenson Store.
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 and hospitals 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.
Dickensons Store is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, Louisa, Madison & Spotsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Dickensons Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dickensons Store:
- Orange County (The home county of Dickensons Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Barboursville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gordonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Orange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grassland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Danton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Danton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
- Rhoadesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vulcan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vulcan is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- True Blue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- True Blue is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
- Burr Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burr Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Locust Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Burnley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Gilbert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Advance Mills Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Rosena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rosena is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena
- Jefferson Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Earlysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hollymead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Cobham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Eastham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Monacan Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
- Logan Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Grottoes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sampson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Crimora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dooms
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Locust Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Charlottesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Culpeper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Waylands Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Culpeper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Griffinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
- Norman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norman is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eggbornsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
- Lignum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lignum is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Lake Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Antioch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Kents Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Nicholas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Tabscott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Dawsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Stanardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Amicus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Kinderhook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Meltons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Green Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Medlock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Trevilians
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Bells Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Louisa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vigor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Mineral
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Cuckoo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Aroda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Hood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wolftown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burnt Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Madison Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ruth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Syria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tryme
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Peola Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Afton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durrett Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Onan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Verbena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Shenandoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Stanley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leaksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Slate Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Scrabble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Woodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Swift Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Berrytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Elkton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McGaheysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Massanutten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Goods Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Keezletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Keys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Massanetta Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- Spotsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Childs Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
- Holladay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
- Paytes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes
- Glenora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dickensons Store, see our County-by-County Page for Dickensons Store.
Cemeteries Near Dickensons Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dickensons Store.
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 Dickensons Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dickensons Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Eheart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ruckersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benjamin Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wetsel Family Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knights Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Westover UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover UMC Cemetery
- The Westover UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Westover Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (295 more) ...
- Free Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shackelford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dundee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Dickensons Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dickensons Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dickensons Store, with the one closest to Dickensons Store listed first.
- Eheart
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eheart is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eheart
- Burnley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Ruckersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barboursville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Dawsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Advance Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Somerset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Mills
- Rochelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Earlysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Rivanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rivanna is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivanna
- Proffit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Proffit is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
- Stanardsville
(8 miles [12.9 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 Dickensons Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dickensons Store.
Newspapers Published in Dickensons Store ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickensons Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dickensons Store, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dickensons Store.
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 Dickensons Store:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Louisa County
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Rockingham County
- Spotsylvania 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> | 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 Dickensons Store, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dickensons Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |