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 East Point (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 East Point. 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 East Point ...
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.
Another variation: Eastpoint.
- A typical abbreviation for East Point: E. Point
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Point.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
East Point is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Page, Shenandoah, Hardy (WV) & Pendleton (WV).
Below are the counties that are near East Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Point:
- Rockingham County (The home county of East Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Elkton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Berrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Massanutten
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Swift Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- McGaheysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Montevideo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Keezletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Goods Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Massanetta Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- Lacey Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lacey Spring is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Spring
- Cross Keys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Linville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Cedarmere
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Boonesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Boonesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonesville
- Mountfair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mountfair is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountfair
- Free Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- White Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- White Hall is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Advance Mills Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
- Advance Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Earlysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Decca ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Decca is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decca
- Logan Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Hollymead
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Jefferson Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Burnley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Grottoes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weyers Cave
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Crimora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dooms
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Mount Solon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Verona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parnassus is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Stokesville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stokesville is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
- Fishersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Churchville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jolivue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Charlottesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Culpeper County
- Waylands Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Kinderhook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Amicus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Stanardsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quinque
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Dawsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Harrisonburg City
- Harrisonburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Hood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wolftown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ruth
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Syria
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Aroda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Peola Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peola Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola Mills
- Radiant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Tryme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Burnt Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Madison Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Nelson County
- Afton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Barboursville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Verbena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Shenandoah
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
- Leaksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leaksville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
- Luray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kimball is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Rileyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rappahannock County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Slate Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Sperryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scrabble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scrabble is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Rediviva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rediviva is located in Rappahannock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rediviva
- Shenandoah County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- New Market
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Clifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
- Rinkerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rinkerton is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinkerton
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Orkney Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jerome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Willow Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Point, see our County-by-County Page for East Point.
Cemeteries Near East Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Point.
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 East Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- East Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dofflemyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Upper Room Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yancey Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elk Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bear Lithia Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Paran Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mowbray Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (407 more) ...
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sipe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ed Hensley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ed Hensley Cemetery
- The Ed Hensley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hensley Family Cemetery
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 East Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Point, with the one closest to East Point listed first.
- Elkton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Verbena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- McGaheysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Furnace is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Shenandoah
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Almond ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Almond is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Paulington ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paulington is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulington
- Montevideo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Oakwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Jollett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jollett is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollett
- Grove Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grove Hill is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Keezletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ingham is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Goods Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Point.
Newspapers Published in East Point ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Point, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Point.
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 East Point:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Augusta County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Greene County
- Harrisonburg City
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Rappahannock County
- Shenandoah County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- 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 East Point, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |