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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dunreath. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dunreath to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dunreath, please Contact Us.
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 Dunreath (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 Dunreath. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Dunreath is historic, it would have been located within present day Louisa 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 Louisa County: Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Orange & Spotsylvania.
Below are the counties that are near Dunreath. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunreath:
- Louisa County (The home county of Dunreath)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Louisa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vigor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
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- Bells Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Cuckoo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Mineral
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pendleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Trevilians
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Medlock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Green Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Meltons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Gays ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Cobham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Keswick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rosena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rosena is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena
- Shadwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadwell
- Burnley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Rose Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Gilbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
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- Eastham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Jefferson Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Monacan Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
- Simeon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Woodridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- New Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Bridgeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Arvonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline County
- Ruther Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Locust Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Charlottesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Culpeper County
- Waylands Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Lakeside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Trenton Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Kents Store
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Fork Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weber City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Nicholas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Tabscott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Hadensville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Enon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Fife
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Goochland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Maidens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oilville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Thorncliff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Dawsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Quinque
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Tylers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tylers is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
- Beaverdam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Montpelier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vontay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
- Hewlett
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hewlett is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett
- Casco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Casco is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
- Goodall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goodall is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodall
- Rockville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hylas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hylas is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylas
- Verdon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Verdon is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
- Doswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Henrico County
- Wyndham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyndham is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyndham
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Madison Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Burnt Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Aroda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Madison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Danton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Danton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
- Gordonsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vulcan is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Madison Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Orange
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grassland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Montpelier Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rhoadesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Barboursville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burr Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- True Blue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- True Blue is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True Blue
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Beaumont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Michaux
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
- Spotsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Holladay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
- Belmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Childs Cove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
- Glenora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Lewiston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Margo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo
- Paytes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes
- Partlow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- McHenry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Post Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Marye
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Marye is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marye
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunreath, see our County-by-County Page for Dunreath.
Cemeteries Near Dunreath ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunreath.
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 Dunreath - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunreath covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grubbs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cooke Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Grove Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Henson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Watson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bowles Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Payne Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- Hope Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shelton Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.
While we didn't find Dunreath in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunreath.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunreath, with the one closest to Dunreath listed first.
- Louisa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vigor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Bells Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Cuckoo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Pendleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Mineral
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trevilians
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Cranks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cranks is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Shannon Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shannon Hill is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hill
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Ellisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ellisville is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Mallory ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mallory is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Apple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Grove is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Mansfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Medlock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunreath. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunreath.
Newspapers Published in Dunreath ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunreath.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunreath, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunreath.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Dunreath:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Louisa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Buckingham County
- Caroline County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Powhatan County
- Spotsylvania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dunreath, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunreath) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |